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accordingly

 adverb
     
ac‧cord‧ing‧ly
1 in a way that is suitable for a particular situation or that is based on what someone has done or said:
Katherine still considered him a child and treated him accordingly.
2 [sentence adverb] as a result of something [= therefore]:
Some of the laws were contradictory. Accordingly, measures were taken to clarify them.
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