Transitional Words and Phrases

Many words and phrases connect parts of sentences and sentences (periods). Such connective or transitional words and phrases can ease the understanding. They can help to take us from one point to another.

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accordingly	also	and
and then	another	as a result
as follows	as well as	at the same time
besides	both-and	by the same token
consequently	equally important	etc.
even more	finally	first (second, third, and so on)
for example (for instance)	for one thing	further
furthermore	however	in addition (to)
in fact	in the first place	in the same way
in the second place	is called	is made up of
is seen as	last	lastly
likewise (also)	more	more than this,
moreover	next	nor
not only - but also	or	otherwise
second	similarly (again)	successively
than	then	therefore
thus	too	what is more

Cause-and-effect relationships
accordingly	as a consequence	as a result
because	consequently	for that reason
for this purpose	hence	in short
on account of	since	so
then	therefore	thereupon
thus	to this end	with this object

Clarify, explain, or restate
i.e., (that is)	in brief	in essence
in fact	in other words	in short
indeed	put another way	simply stated
that is	that is to say	to clarify
to explain	to put it another way	to put it differently
to rephrase it
Compare
a similar (occurrence)	also	at the same time
by the same token	comparable	however
in (a) like manner	in comparison	in the same way
in turn	instead	just as
likewise	on one hand . . . on the other hand	on the other hand
similarly	whereas
Consequence(s) and results
accordingly	as a result	because
consequently	due to	for this reason
hence	in other words	otherwise
since	so	so that
so then	then	therefore
thereupon	this	thus
with the result that
Contrast
although	at the same time	but
but at the same time	contrarily	conversely
despite	differently	even so
even though	for all that	however
in contrast	in spite of	instead
nevertheless	nonetheless	nor
notwithstanding	of	on one hand
on the contrary	on the other hand	or
otherwise	rather	regardless
still	though	unfortunately
whereas	while this may be true	yet (and yet)
Details
as follows	especially	in detail
in particular	including	namely
specifically	to enumerate	to explain
to list
Example and illustration
an illustration of	as an illustration	as follows
by way of illustration	e.g. (for example)	even
for example	for instance	in other words
in particular	namely	specifically
such as	the following example	thus
to demonstrate	to illustrate
Generalise
as a rule	as usual	for the most part
generally	generally speaking	ordinarily
usually	most often
Purposes
because of this	for such a reason	for that reason
so that	to do this
Sequence
afterward	at first	at the same time
earlier	finally	first of all
first	for now	for the time being
in conclusion	in the first place	in the meantime
in time	in turn	last
later on	later	meanwhile
next	simultaneously	soon
subsequently	the next step	then
to begin with	ultimately	while
Similarity
analogous to	in like fashion	in like manner
likewise	moreover	similar
similarly
Summarise or conclude
accordingly	after all	all in all
all things considered	altogether	as a result
as has been indicated	as has been noted	as has been said
briefly	by and large	certainly
clearly	consequently	finally
for these reasons	generally	hence
in any case	in any event	in brief
in closing	in conclusion	in essence
in other words	in retrospect	in short
in simpler terms	in sum	in summary
in the final analysis	in the long run	indeed
naturally	of course	on balance
on the whole	summing up	that is
therefore	thus	to conclude
to sum up	to summarize