successively

successively

English

Etymology

successive +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

successively (not comparable)

1. In a serial or successive manner; one following another.

   December 20, 1787 My last to you was of Oct. 8 by the Count de Moustier. Yours of July 18. Sep. 6. & Oct. 24. have been successively received, yesterday, the day before & three or four days before that. — Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison.

Synonyms

• in order, step by step; see also Thesaurus:sequentially

Translations

in a serial manner

Asturian: socesivamente Catalan: successivament (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 陸續 (zh), 陆续 (zh) (lùxù), 先後 (zh), 先后 (zh) (xiānhòu) Dutch: achtereenvolgens (nl) Finnish: peräkkäin (fi) French: successivement (fr) Galician: sucesivamente

German: sukzessive (de), nacheinander (de) Greek: διαδοχικά (el) (diadochiká) Japanese: 連続して (ja) (れんぞくして, renzoku shite) Portuguese: sucessivamente Russian: подря́д (ru) (podrjád), после́довательно (ru) (poslédovatelʹno), поочерёдно (ru) (poočerjódno), оди́н за други́м (odín za drugím) Scottish Gaelic: sreath chèile, an sreath a chèile Spanish: sucesivamente (es) Swedish: successivt (sv)