accordant
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- accordantly adverb
- nonaccordant adjective
- nonaccordantly adverb
- unaccordant adjective
Etymology
Origin of accordant
1275–1325; Middle English acordant < Old French. See accord, -ant
Example Sentences
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Both were demoted on Sept. 7, 2021, accordant to court documents.
From Fox News • Mar. 10, 2022
The hotels, office buildings, and apartment complexes of central Madison rise no more than a hundred and ninety feet, forming an accordant skyline.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 14, 2015
“As China knows, we support universal suffrage in Hong Kong, accordant with the Basic Law,” Kerry told reporters, standing alongside Wang.
From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2014
In recent troubled times, he has been clear to remind that sport is just sport and that when his stint as captain ends, he'll accept it in accordant context.
From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2013
Some, indeed, read “ye have been reconciled,” but the preponderance of authority is in favour of the text as it stands, which yields a sense accordant with the usual mode of representation.
From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Maclaren, Alexander
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