All 6 Uses of

consequence

in

Story of My Life

I was strong, active, indifferent to consequences.†
Chpt 2

consequences = results

Consequently, in nearly all that I write, I produce something which very much resembles the crazy patchwork I used to make when I first learned to sew.
Chpt 14

consequently = resultantly (as a result)

Consequently my work was painfully slow, and I had to read the examples over and over before I could form any idea of what I was required to do.
Chpt 19

I must have read parts of many books (in those early days I think I never read any one book through) and a great deal of poetry in this uncomprehending way, until I discovered "Little Lord Fauntleroy," which was the first book of any consequence I read understandingly.
Chpt 21 *

consequence = importance

I was familiar with the story of Troy before I read it in the original, and consequently I had little difficulty in...
Chpt 21 *

consequently = resultantly (as a result)

Definitions:

(1) (consequence as in: a direct consequence of)
a result of something (often an undesired side effect)
(2) (consequence as in: of little consequence)
importance or relevance
(3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
In classic literature, consequential may refer to someone with too much feeling of self-importance as when Dickens wrote "Because he's a proud, haughty, consequential, turned-up-nosed peacock."

Self-consequence was used in a similar manner, but is more easily understood by modern readers since important is one of the modern senses of consequence.

Another classic sense of consequent that is similar to importance or significance refers to "material wealth or prominence" as when Jane Austen wrote: "They had each had money, but their marriages had made a material difference in their degree of consequence."