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“consistently” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

consistently
convenienter: congruenter: decore: accommodate: apte. (the words are found in this connection and order), apte et quasi decore: apte congruenterque: congruenter convenienterque: to live consistently with nature, accommodate (accommodatissime) ad naturam vivere: secundum naturam vivere: to act consistently, constanter facere (very consistently, constantissime). Sometimes expressed by the prepositions, ad, ex, pro; e.g., ad veritatem (consistently with truth): ex lege (consistently with the law): pro tempore et pro re: ex re et ex tempore (consistently with the times and circumstances): or by ablative only; e.g., instituto suo, consistently with his design: consistently with the customs of the Romans, consuetudine Romanorum.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for consistently?
The usual Latin words for “consistently” are convenienter, congruenter, decus; also accommodō, aptus, accommodātē. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.