Synonyms

sequentially

American

[si-kwen-shuh-lee] / sɪˈkwɛn ʃə li /

adverb

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.
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.
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

Etymology

Origin of sequentially

sequential ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

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There was some interesting stagecraft where they were read sequentially from the chamber but handed out in the pressroom together.

From Slate • Jul. 6, 2026

Other simultaneous downloads swept up episodes of “The Big Bang Theory” and “Ted Lasso” out of order, though a putative human user would probably have downloaded them sequentially.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

GPUs, with their parallel processing capabilities, could render vast swaths of pixels far better than central processing units, which can only carry out tasks sequentially.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

China is now importing less oil sequentially year on year.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

The cars are not sequentially numbered, and it takes me a while to find car 48.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

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