sequentially

[ si-kwen-shuh-lee ]

adverb

1. one after the other:

   The interactive feature allows you to present the photographs and other information sequentially rather than overwhelming the viewer by displaying everything at once.

2. chronologically, or according to numerical, alphabetical, or some other recognized order:

   Apart from your original post and sequentially first comment, all you’ve been doing is trashing liberals.

   If the files had originally been numbered sequentially, one would know how many were skipped and how many there were in total.

3. Business. by comparison with the immediately preceding period, usually a fiscal quarter:

   While their latest figures reflect a profit increase of about 5.1 percent sequentially, the company is still taking a dip of around 19 percent year over year.

Other Words From

• non·se·quen·tial·ly adverb
• un·se·quen·tial·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of sequentially¹

sequential ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

NWEA Chief Executive Chris Minnich pointed to the sequential nature of math, where one year’s skills — or deficits — carry over into the next year.

From Fortune

That in turn encourages problem solving and sequential thinking.

From TechCrunch

Marketing spend was down 30% in the most-recent quarter, compared with last year, though this was still a sequential increase on the first half of the year when the company dramatically cut its expenditure.

From Digiday

Executives said full-price sales won’t see sequential improvement until the second half of the year.

From Fortune

For instance, Google’s research in partnership with Ipsos on sequential videos revealed a 74% ad recall lift and 30% purchase intent uplift compared to standalone video advertising.

From Search Engine Watch

Instead of going sequentially, city by city, it will be done laterally, with vans going to different locations at the same time.

From The Daily Beast

The works are shown sequentially, opening with the original photo of Freud in all its tattered glory.

From The Daily Beast

These quasi-mystical proclamations are presented in brief, sequentially-numbered sections, some of which are only a sentence long.

From The Daily Beast

Having real individuals, or photos, shown one by one, sequentially, is considered a fairer and more accurate method.

From The Daily Beast

I can imagine one individual condition of a movement after another, sequentially, but I can not imagine the sequence.

From Project Gutenberg

Where necessary, the references have been re-numbered, sequentially.

From Project Gutenberg

Footnotes are numbered sequentially throughout the book and presented after each chapter.

From Project Gutenberg

The plates are sequentially arranged in order of the difficulty of the process and may be summarized as follows.

From Project Gutenberg

Footnotes were renumbered sequentially, and were moved to the end of the plate explanation.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• constantly
• continuously
• deliberately
• gently
• increasingly
• moderately
• progressively
• regularly
• steadily