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sequentially

American  
[si-kwen-shuh-lee] / sɪˈkwɛn ʃə li /

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 Word Forms

  • nonsequentially adverb
  • unsequentially adverb

Etymology

Origin of sequentially

sequential ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

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“Throughout Teledyne, our defense businesses remained healthy, and our shorter cycle commercial businesses continued to recover with most product families increasing either sequentially or year-over-year,” said Robert Mehrabian, the company’s executive chairman.

From Barron's

The Singapore bank’s net interest margin is expected to fall sequentially, following a decline in the Singapore Overnight Rate Average during the period.

From The Wall Street Journal

One bright spot is the integrated gas division, where sequentially in-line results are better than seasonally expected, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal

What happened traditionally—and not just at Coty—is everything would happen sequentially, and it wouldn’t be that important to anybody.

From The Wall Street Journal

“EPS is set to grow sequentially at the fastest pace of any bank globally,” the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal