All 50 Uses of
accord
in
An American Tragedy
- And in view of this, Mrs. Griffiths, who was more practical than her husband at all times, and who was intensely interested in Clyde's economic welfare, as well as that of her other children, was actually wondering why Clyde should of a sudden become so enthusiastic about changing to this new situation, which, according to his own story, involved longer hours and not so very much more pay, if any.†
Chpt 1 (definition 1)
- Accordingly, he decided to say to his mother that all of the tips he received aggregated no more than a dollar a day.†
Chpt 1 (definition 1)
- These adventures, according to their moods and their cash at the time, led them usually either to one of two rather famous and not too respectable all-night restaurants.†
Chpt 1 (definition 1)
- On this occasion she did not appear until seven, and the eating of the family meal was postponed accordingly.†
Chpt 1 (definition 1)
- Her original note, according to her mother, had said that she was going to get married.†
Chpt 1 (definition 1)
- There was a little lake, not so far from Excelsior, at this time of year also frozen over, and according to Hegglund, who was always unduly imaginative and high-spirited, they might go there and skate.†
Chpt 1 (definition 1)
- And accordingly they stood about, exclaiming "Oh, gee, hurry, can't you?†
Chpt 1 (definition 1)
- Always conscious of the dignity and social standing of his family in this community, he regulated his action and speech accordingly.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- And accordingly Clyde, after telephoning his department manager that he was ill and would not be able to work that day, made his way to this hotel in his very best clothes.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- And accordingly, Clyde was sent for, and being carefully coached beforehand by Ratterer as to how to approach his new superior, and what to say, he was given the place.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- Accordingly Clyde was left to speculate as to how soon, if ever, a place in his uncle's factory would be made for him.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- It was necessary when dealing with the classes and intelligences below one, commercially or financially, to handle them according to the standards to which they were accustomed.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- Accordingly, about a week after that, the nature of Clyde's work having been finally decided upon, a letter was dispatched to him to Chicago by Samuel Griffiths himself in which he set forth that if he chose he might present himself any time now within the next few weeks.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- For here on this very same floor, but beyond the immense office room through which he had passed, was another much larger room filled with rows of bins, facing aisles not more than five feet wide, and containing, as Clyde could see, enormous quantities of collars boxed in small paper boxes, according to sizes.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- And according to young Dillard, at least this promised to prove worth while.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- Accordingly the next morning, he gained permission from Mr. Kemerer to leave at eleven and not return before one, and in that time he managed to find coat, trousers and a pair of patent leather shoes, as well as a white silk muffler for the money he had already saved.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- However, despite all his doubts, he decided to make the best of this opportunity, and accordingly on Sunday evening at six set out for the Griffiths' residence, his nerves decidedly taut because of the ordeal before him.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- And here they were stamped by a group of girls according to the slips or directions attached to them with the size and brand of the collar.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- For this purpose a little desk and various entry books, according to size and brand, were kept here.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- It was really nothing more than a small clerkship, at times in the past held by young men or girls or old men or middle-aged women, according to the exigencies of the life of the place.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- Accordingly, about three in the afternoon of this same Monday, Clyde was sent for and after being made to wait for some fifteen minutes, as was Gilbert's method, he was admitted to the austere presence.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- I'll be only too glad to," complied Miss Todd, and at once she began to take down the books of records and to show Clyde how the entry and discharge records were kept—also later how the stamping was done—how the basket girls took the descending bundles from the chutes and distributed them evenly according to the needs of the stamper and how later, as fast as they were stamped, other basket girls carried them to the stitchers outside.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- Accordingly she repaired to Trippetts Mills, where, boarding at the house of a neighbor who had previously lived in Biltz, and returning home every Saturday afternoon, she planned to bring together the means for some further form of practical education—a course at a business college at Homer or Lycurgus or somewhere which might fit her for something better—bookkeeping or stenography.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- And inquiry revealed the fact that girls at this company were always started at nine or ten dollars, quickly taught some one of the various phases of piece work and then, once they were proficient, were frequently able to earn as much as from fourteen to sixteen dollars, according to their skill.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- And these lines, according to the Newtons and their like, to be strictly observed.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- And although, according to the laws of her upbringing, as Clyde suspected, Roberta should have been shocked by all this, she was not, as he noticed—far from it.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- Accordingly, she said little other than that he was very pleasant to her and had inquired after Grace, a remark which caused the latter to eye her slyly and to wonder if she were really telling what had happened since.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- And accordingly, after two days of unhappy thought and then a conference with Clyde who was all for her immediate independence in a new room where she would not be known or spied upon, she proceeded to take an hour or two off; and having fixed upon the southeast section of the city as one most likely to be free from contact with either the Newtons or those whom thus far she had encountered at the Newtons', she inquired there, and after little more than an hour's search found one place…†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- And accordingly after paying a deposit and arranging to occupy the room within the next few days, she returned to her work and after dinner the same evening announced to Mrs. Newton that she was going to move.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- Indeed, according to her notion of the proper order of life, she was now his and his only, as much as any wife is ever to a husband, to do with as he wished.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- Accordingly a small dinner for this club and its friends was announced for the first Thursday in December, Jill Trumbull to be the hostess.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- And in accordance with this plan, so it was done.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- ...this same type of treatment was accorded him by Stuart,
Chpt 2 (definition 2) *accorded = given to (as a special treatment)
- The dances were all of the eager fox-trotting type of the period with interpolations and variations according to the moods and temperaments of the. individual dancers.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- But the group, according to Sondra, might remain in Schenectady until the following morning, a fact which she did not trouble to explain to Clyde at first.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- Nothing was said to Clyde, since his department was included in Liggett's, but now he decided that he could offer this as a reason and accordingly, about an hour before noon, he dropped a note on her desk which read: "HONEY: Awfully sorry, but just told that I have to be at a meeting of department heads downstairs at three.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- For according to his previous story he had only been there the Friday before.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- And in such cases the medical profession is in accord.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- And accordingly this second trip was made, a long and nervous conversation between himself and Roberta on the way resulting in nothing more than some explanations as to why thus far he had not been able to achieve anything, plus certain encomiums addressed to her concerning her courage in acting for herself in this way.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- Accordingly the next day, and not a little to his surprise, since for so many hours the night before they had been together, Clyde received another note telling him that he must come again that night.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- And Miss Stark, fashionably outfitted according to the season, her world and her own pretentious taste, was affectedly posed at the wheel, not only for the benefit of Clyde but the public in general.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- Accordingly she now shook her head in a certain, positive and yet affectionate way, which by now Clyde had come to know spelled defeat—the most painful and irremediable defeat that had yet come to him in connection with all this.†
Chpt 2 (definition 1)
- According to him, about eight-thirty, Friday morning, or just before his boat started for Sharon on its first trip, this same young man, or some one very much like the description furnished, carrying a suitcase and wearing a cap—he had on a straw hat when those three men met him—came on board and paid his way to Sharon and got off there.†
Chpt 3 (definition 1)
- His daughter not only drowned, but murdered, and that by some youth who according to this letter she was intending to marry!†
Chpt 3 (definition 1)
- And accordingly re-entering a thicket of pines that descended to the very borders of the town, there to wait until morning, being able to tell by a small clock-face which showed upon the sides of a small church tower, when the hour for emerging had arrived.†
Chpt 3 (definition 1)
- Up to seven o'clock last evening, however, the body of the man had not as yet been recovered, and according to Coroner Heit of Bridgeburg, who by two o'clock had been summoned to the scene of the tragedy, it was not considered at all likely that it would be.†
Chpt 3 (definition 1)
- According to the innkeeper at Big Bittern, the couple on their arrival registered as Clifford Golden and wife of Albany.†
Chpt 3 (definition 1)
- And so it was immediately arranged that she leave with Stuart, Bertine and Grant for the Metissic Inn at the eastern end of the Lake, since from there, at dawn, according to Baggott, they might leave for Albany—and so, in a roundabout way for Sharon.†
Chpt 3 (definition 1)
- And accordingly approaching him in the library, where usually he sat after dinner, reading or considering his various affairs.†
Chpt 3 (definition 1)
- Accordingly he proceeded to Albany further to impress upon the Governor the very great need of an immediate special term of the Court so that Clyde might be indicted.†
Chpt 3 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (accord as in: according to, or in accord with) in keeping with; or in agreement/harmony/unity withThis meaning of accord is often seen in the form according to or accordingly where it can take on more specific meanings. For example:
- "According to Kim, ..." -- as stated by
- "To each according to her ability." -- based upon
- "Points are scored according to how well they perform." -- depending upon
- "The dose is calculated according to body weight." -- in proportion to
- "We got a flat tire. Accordingly, I pulled to the side of the road." -- because of what was just said; or as a result
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(2) (accord as in: accord her the respect deserved) to give someone special treatment -- especially respect