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 Word Forms

• nonsequentially adverb
• unsequentially adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of sequentially¹

sequential ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Revenue attributed to Align’s imaging systems and computer-aided design services was $189.9 million, down year over year as well as sequentially.

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He noted the organization’s efforts to trim expenses and increase efficiencies helped lift earnings sequentially.

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Tariff costs on U.S. imports of aluminum from Canada are expected to increase by $50 million sequentially in the fourth quarter, Alcoa said.

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The analysts also noted weakness in the biopharma division, slowing sequentially, which was offset by improvement in the life, diagnostics and consumer tech business.

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Revenue grew sequentially to $8.93 billion, narrowly beating the $8.92 billion Wall Street was expecting, though it declined slightly from the previous year.

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Related Words

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