pursuantly

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /pɚˈsuəntli/ UK /pəˈsjuːəntli/ See IPA manual

adv

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1

adv
in accordance with or following from something

Pursuantly to the contract, payment was due within thirty days.

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1 adv · in accordance with or... accordingly consequently conformably

Word family

Related forms pursuant pursuance pursue pursuit

Etymology

From pursuant + -ly; pursuant from Old French poursuiant, present participle of poursuir ('to follow after'), from Latin prosequi ('to follow after').

poursuir Old French prosequi Latin sequi Latin

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# pursuantly

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** pɚˈsuəntli
**IPA (UK):** pəˈsjuːəntli

## Meanings
1. in accordance with or following from something

## Examples
- Pursuantly to the contract, payment was due within thirty days.

## Synonyms
- accordingly
- consequently
- conformably

## Related Forms
- pursuant
- pursuance
- pursue
- pursuit

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: poursuir
- Root: prosequi
- Root: sequi

## Etymology
From pursuant + -ly; pursuant from Old French poursuiant, present participle of poursuir ('to follow after'), from Latin prosequi ('to follow after').

## AI Etymology
Pursuantly is from pursuant + -ly; pursuant from Old French poursuiant, present participle of poursuir ('to follow after'), from Latin prosequi ('to follow after'). Important recorded forms include poursuir (Old French), prosequi (Latin), and sequi (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers in accordance with or following from something. The wider family includes related words such as pursuant, pursuance, pursue, and pursuit.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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