consequential
/ˌkɑnsɪˈkwɛnʃəl/ adjective C1- Following as a result.
- Having significant consequences; of importance.
- Important or significant.
- Self-important.
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“We’re hunting in couples again, Doctor, you see,” said Jones in his consequential way.
The subjection in which his father had brought him up had given him originally great humility of manner; but it was now a good deal counteracted by the self-conceit of a weak head, living in retirement, and the consequential feelings of early and unexpected prosperity.
However, her most consequential role manifested in her capacity as an irreplaceable linguistic intermediary between the explorers and the numerous indigenous communities they encountered.
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