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SUCCESSIVELY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In proper order or sequence

Example:

the stable became in turn a chapel and then a movie theater

Synonyms:

in turn; successively

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

successive (in regular succession without gaps)

Credits

 Context examples: 

It was some relief, however, that they were to return to the rooms in common use, by passing through a few of less importance, looking into the court, which, with occasional passages, not wholly unintricate, connected the different sides; and she was further soothed in her progress by being told that she was treading what had once been a cloister, having traces of cells pointed out, and observing several doors that were neither opened nor explained to her—by finding herself successively in a billiard-room, and in the general's private apartment, without comprehending their connection, or being able to turn aright when she left them; and lastly, by passing through a dark little room, owning Henry's authority, and strewed with his litter of books, guns, and greatcoats.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Neither Hamlet, nor Macbeth, nor Othello, nor Douglas, nor The Gamester, presented anything that could satisfy even the tragedians; and The Rivals, The School for Scandal, Wheel of Fortune, Heir at Law, and a long et cetera, were successively dismissed with yet warmer objections.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)