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226 Transitional Words and Phrases


Additive Transitions
Addition
Actually
Additionally
Also
Alternatively
And
As a matter of fact
As well (as this)
Besides (this)
Either (neither)
Further
Furthermore
In addition (to this)
In all honesty
In fact
Indeed
Let alone
Moreover
Much less
Nor
Not only (this) but
also (that) as well
Not to mention
(this)
On the other hand
Or
To say nothing of
To tell the truth

Too
What is more
Clarification
(To) put (it) another
way
in other words
I mean
That is (to say)
Identification
Namely
Specifically
That is (to say)
Thus
Introduction
As
As an illustration
By way of exampl
Especially
For example
For instance
For one thing
In particular
Including
Like
Notably

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Particularly
Such as
To illustrate
Reference
As for (this)
Concerning (this)
Considering (this)
On the subject of
(this)
Regarding (this)
Speaking about
(this)
The fact that
With regards to
(this)
Similarity
By the same token
Equally likewise
In a like manner
In the same way
Similarly

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Adversative Transitions
Conflict
(And) yet
But
By way of contrast
Conversely
However
In contrast
On the other hand
Still
Though (final
position)
When in fact
Whereas
While
Concession
(And) still
(And) yet
Admittedly
Albeit

Although
Be that as it may
But even so
Despite (this)
Even though
Granted (this)
However
In spite of (this)
Nevertheless
Nonetheless
Notwithstanding
(this)
On the other hand
Regardless (of this)
Though
Dismissal
All the same
At any rate
Either way

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In any case
In any event
In either case
In either event
Whatever happens
Whichever
happens
Emphasis
Above all
Besides
Even more
Indeed
More importantly
Replacement
Instead
(Or) at least
(Or) rather

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Causal Transitions
Cause/Reason
As
Because (of the
fact)
Being that
Due to (the fact
that)
For
For the (simple)
reason that
Forasmuch as
In that
In view of (the fact)
Inasmuch as
Owing to (the fact)
Seeing that
Since
Condition
As/so long as
Even if
Given that
Granted (that)
Granting (that)
If

In case
In the event that
On (the) condition
(that)
Only if
Provided that
Providing that
Unless
Eect/Result
Accordingly
As a consequenc
As a result (of this
Because (of this)
Consequently
For this reason
Hence
In consequence
So
So much (so) that
So that
Therefore
Thus

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Purpose
For fear that
For the purpose of
In order that
In order to
In the hope that
Lest
So
So as to
So that
To the end that
With this in mind
With this intention
Consequence
If not
If so
In that case
Otherwise
That being the
case
Then
Under those
circumstances

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Sequential Transitions
Numerical
At first
First of all
For a start
In the (first second
etc.) place
Initially
Secondly
Thirdly
To begin with
To start with
Continuation
After (this)
Afterwards
Before (this)
Eventually
Next
Previously
Subsequently
Then
Conclusion
As a final point
At last
Eventually
Finally
In the end
Last but not least
Lastly
To conclude (with)

Digression
By the way
Incidentally
To change the
topic
Resumption
Anyhow
Anyway
At any rate
To get back to the
point
To resume
To return to the
subject
Summation
All in all
Altogether
As has been
mentioned
As has been noted
As I have said
As was previously
stated
Briefly
Consequently
Given these points
Hence
In a word
In all

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In conclusion
In short
In sum
In summary
On the whole
Overall
So
Then
Therefore
Thus
To be brief
To make a long
story short
To put it briefly
To sum up
To summarize

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