progressionallyadv.
/prəˈɡrɛʃn̩əli/, /prəˈɡrɛʃənəli/, U.S. /prəˈɡrɛʃ(ə)nəli/, /proʊˈɡrɛʃ(ə)nəli/ rare.
In a progressional manner; by progression.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adverb] > in or as a series
progressionally1650
serially1841
1650 E. Williams Virgo Triumphans 37 Places of advantage..which we may progressionaly fortifie at every twenty or five and twenty miles distance.
1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus v, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 190 So progressionally..that from five in the fore-claw she [sc. Nature] descendeth unto two in the hindemost.
1889 Amer. Anthropologist 2 27 Our thoughts could be arranged progressionally in relation to the phenomena, including both what some call natural evolution and also technical elaboration or design.
2000 Evolution 54 911 Colonization has occurred from older to progressionally younger islands.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1650