successively

1. 1.

   in proper order or sequence

   “talked to each child in turn”

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

   Synonymsin turn

Questions about successively

What does successively mean?

successively means "in proper order or sequence".

How many syllables are in successively?

successively has 4 syllables: suc-ces-sive-ly. The stress falls on "ces". In IPA it is /səkˈsɛsɪvli/.

What is another word for successively?

Close synonyms include in turn. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is successively a common word?

successively is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.