successively en · ADV
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English successive Middle English -ly English -ly English successively From successive + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) In a serial or successive manner; one following another.
Allan was first William Buddicom's and then Trevithick's second-in-command, at Edge Hill and at Crewe successively, for the period of 13½ years from February, 1840, to September, 1853, when he left Crewe to become Superintendent of the Scottish Central Railway.
1951 June, Dr. W. H. Chaloner, “Alexander Allan's Own Claim”, in Railway Magazine, page 416: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.
December 20, 1787, Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison.:Founded about 1000 bc by Aeolian Greeks, the city [Assos] was successively ruled by Lydians, Persians, Pergamenes, Romans, and Byzantines, until Sultan Orhan Gazi (1288–1360) took it over for the Ottomans in 1330.
1993, “The Aegean Coast”, in Karen Cure, editor, Fodor’s Turkey […], New York, N.Y.; Toronto, Ont.: Fodor’s Travel Publications, →ISBN, page 104:
Synonyms
together · one after another · step by step · in order
Translations (28)
ka თანმიმდევრობით (in a serial manner) · pt sucessivamente (in a serial manner) · el διαδοχικά (in a serial manner) · ast socesivamente (in a serial manner) · pl sukcesywnie (in a serial manner) · gd an sreath a chèile (in a serial manner) · ru подря́д (in a serial manner) · cmn 陸續 /陆续 (in a serial manner) · ka მიყოლებით (in a serial manner) · de nacheinander (in a serial manner) · nl achtereenvolgens (in a serial manner) · gl sucesivamente (in a serial manner) · ja 連続して (in a serial manner) · ka ზედიზედ (in a serial manner) · de hintereinander (in a serial manner) · izh peräjalkiä (in a serial manner) · pl następnie (in a serial manner) · fi peräkkäin (in a serial manner) · es sucesivamente (in a serial manner) · ru оди́н за други́м (in a serial manner) · ca successivament (in a serial manner) · cmn 先後 /先后 (in a serial manner) · ru после́довательно (in a serial manner) · ru поочерёдно (in a serial manner) · sv successivt (in a serial manner) · gd sreath chèile (in a serial manner) · ka თანმიმდევრულად (in a serial manner) · pl kolejno (in a serial manner)