successively

English

Etymology

successive +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

successively (not comparable)

1. In a serial or successive manner; one following another.

   December 20, 1787 My last to you was of Oct. 8 by the Count de Moustier. Yours of July 18. Sep. 6. & Oct. 24. have been successively received, yesterday, the day before & three or four days before that. — Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison.

Synonyms

• in order, step by step, one after another; see also Thesaurus:sequentially

Translations

in a serial manner

• Asturian: socesivamente
• Catalan: successivament (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 陸續／陆续 (zh) (lùxù), 陆续 (zh) (lùxù), 先後／先后 (zh) (xiānhòu), 先后 (zh) (xiānhòu)

• Dutch: achtereenvolgens (nl)
• Finnish: peräkkäin (fi)
• French: successivement (fr)
• Galician: sucesivamente
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• German: sukzessive (de), nacheinander (de), hintereinander (de)
• Greek: διαδοχικά (el) (diadochiká)
• Japanese: 連続して (ja) (れんぞくして, renzoku shite)
• Portuguese: sucessivamente
• Russian: подря́д (ru) (podrjád), после́довательно (ru) (poslédovatelʹno), поочерёдно (ru) (poočerjódno), оди́н за други́м (odín za drugím)
• Scottish Gaelic: sreath chèile, an sreath a chèile
• Spanish: sucesivamente (es)
• Swedish: successivt (sv)