All 8 Uses
consequence
in
Fathers and Sons
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- Madame Odintsov was a little older than Arkady—she was twenty-nine—but in her presence he felt himself a schoolboy, a little student, so that the difference in age between them seemed of more consequence.†
Chpt 14consequence = importance
- Consequently I must go.
Chpt 19 *consequently = resultantly (as a result)
- You are a sensible man, you know the world, and you know what women are, and consequently you will excuse….
Chpt 21
- 'You had the right to call me up to the barrier,' said Pavel Petrovitch, 'but that's of no consequence.†
Chpt 24 *consequence = importance
- 'Katerina Sergyevna!' began Arkady suddenly; 'it's of no consequence to you, probably; but, let me tell you, I put you not only above your sister, but above every one in the world.'†
Chpt 25
- The deceased Odintsov had not liked innovations, but he had tolerated 'the fine arts within a certain sphere,' and had in consequence put up in his garden, between the hothouse and the lake, an erection after the fashion of a Greek temple, made of Russian brick.†
Chpt 26consequence = result
- She was not liked in the province; there had been a fearful outcry at her marriage with Odintsov, all sorts of fictions were told about her; it was asserted that she had helped her father in his cardsharping tricks, and even that she had gone abroad for excellent reasons, that it had been necessary to conceal the lamentable consequences ...'You understand?' the indignant gossips would wind up.†
Chpt 15
- The almost continual separation of the two friends was not without its consequences; the relations between them began to change.†
Chpt 17
Definitions:
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(1)
(consequence as in: a direct consequence of) a result of something (often an undesired side effect)
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(2)
(consequence as in: of little consequence) importance or relevance
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(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."