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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.


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Etymology

Origin of sequentially

sequential ( def. ) + -ly


Example Sentences

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Although that demonstrated sequential growth of almost 50%, Anthropic had seen revenue grow almost 145% sequentially in the second quarter.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

A single analysis can require hundreds of billions of floating-point operations, and videos are often processed sequentially.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

He noted that current lead times for Nvidia’s most advanced Blackwell chips are over 30 weeks, and that average selling prices for those chips are up more than 30% sequentially.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

However, 1Q FY 2027 earnings could moderate sequentially as the 35 million ringgit JV dividend income in previous quarter is unlikely to recur, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Movement: Have students physically move across the floor staff, first sequentially and then skipping line to line and space to space, reciting the letters as they go.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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