All 3 Uses of
consequence
in
Black Boy
- Consequently I stopped studying.
Chpt 1.4 *consequently = resultantly (as a result)
- Embedded in me was a notion of the suffering in life, but none of it seemed like the consequences of original sin to me; I simply could not feel weak and lost in a cosmic manner.†
Chpt 1.4
- Negroes are told in a language they cannot possibly misunderstand that their native land is not their own; and when they, acting upon impulses which they share with whites, try to assert a claim to their birthright, whites retaliate with terror, never pausing to consider the consequences should the Negroes give up completely.†
Chpt 2.17
Definition:
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(consequence as in: a direct consequence of) a result of something (often an undesired side effect)