accordant

[ uh-kawr-dnt ]

adjective

1. agreeing; conforming; harmonious.

accordant

/ əˈkɔːdənt /

adjective

1. usually postpositiveand foll bywith in conformity or harmony

Derived Forms

• acˈcordantly, adverb

Other Words From

• ac·cordant·ly adverb
• nonac·cordant adjective
• nonac·cordant·ly adverb
• unac·cordant adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of accordant¹

1275–1325; Middle English acordant < Old French. See accord, -ant

Example Sentences

The face was not perfect; far from it, if by perfect is meant features accordant with one another and true to type.

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All about Sweet influences of earth, and air, and sky, Harmoniously accordant.

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From another they got the story of the massacre of the fort, almost entirely accordant with what they had already discovered.

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The rhythm thus discovered wakens an accordant rhythm in the spirit of man.

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Is such an idea accordant with our general conception of the dignity, not to speak of the power, of the Great Author?

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