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.

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Other Word Forms

• nonsequentially adverb
• unsequentially adverb

Etymology

Origin of sequentially

sequential ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Opendoor said revenue in the first quarter will fall sequentially, by 10%, while it expects to end the quarter with the highest margin it’s posted since the second quarter of 2024.

From MarketWatch

It said both metrics are expected to increase sequentially into the first quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal

In this scenario, planets take shape sequentially in shifting environments.

From Science Daily

“This ultimately improves free cash flow sequentially after a decade of elevated spending.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“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

Related Words

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