successively

American  

[suhk-ses-iv-lee] / səkˈsɛs ɪv li /

adverb

1. in uninterrupted sequence; one after another; consecutively.

   First appointed to the Board of Directors 12 years ago, he has served successively as director, secretary, treasurer, and now, president-elect.

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Other Word Forms

• nonsuccessively adverb
• unsuccessively adverb

Etymology

Origin of successively

First recorded in 1400–50; successive ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )

Example Sentences

That report, arriving about three weeks later than usual, will be refined in two successively more accurate estimates in the months that follow, in accordance with the BEA’s usual practice.

From The Wall Street Journal

Each of the fall’s three rate cuts faced successively greater internal resistance.

From The Wall Street Journal

That success made Real the first team from any nation to lift the trophy three times successively in the Champions League era.

From BBC

Pumpkins have come a long way since then, as Indigenous American communities carefully adapted the wild pumpkin into successively bigger and better-tasting varieties.

From Salon

The head-to-head elimination matches have competitors shooting three arrows in each of five “ends,” with the bull’s-eye equaling 10 points, the outer rings successively less.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• again and again
• generally
• intermittently
• many times
• often
• periodically
• regularly
• time and again
• usually