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consecutively, adv.|kənˈsɛkjʊtɪvlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
†1. In the way of something that follows as a consequence; by consequence. Obs.
1644Bp. Maxwell Prerog. Chr. Kings i. 16 This is done by the Pope..not effectively but consecutively. Ibid. xvi. 158 The good and benefit of the servant is but secondary and consecutively intended. 1727–51Chambers Cycl., Consecutively, in the school-philosophy, is sometimes used in opposition to antecedently, and sometimes to effectively, or causally. Thus..the corruption of one thing is the generation of another, not effectively, but consecutively.
†2. As a result, in consequence. Obs.
a1691Boyle Wks. (1772) IV. 751 (R.) Having..exposed some serum of human blood to cold air, consecutively, the serum was not found to congeal.
3. In continuous succession, continuously.
1847Craig, Consecutively, in succession; following regularly. 1853Dickens Lett. (1880) I. 320 We had thirty-one hours consecutively on the road. 1878R. B. Smith Carthage 12 That part of her history, which alone we can trace consecutively. |