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单词 successively
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Definition of successively in English:

successively

adverb səkˈsɛsɪvlisəkˈsɛsɪvli
  • Immediately one after another.

    he served successively as a major and a lieutenant-colonel
    three letters of successively decreasing length
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As we climbed into the hills, each country road became successively poorer and civilization more remote.
    • During World War II, his hometown was successively occupied by Italians, Germans, and insurgent Communists.
    • After the outbreak of the First World War, he served successively in the Foreign Office's western, war, and contraband departments.
    • In 1960 he was recruited by the publishing house, where he became successively editorial director and managing director.
    • Seeking her hand for his son-in-law Maximilian, the emperor Diocletian sent two of his officers successively to negotiate the marriage.
 
 

Definition of successively in US English:

successively

adverbsəkˈsesivlēsəkˈsɛsɪvli
  • Immediately one after another.

    he served successively as a major and a lieutenant-colonel
    three letters of successively decreasing length
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Seeking her hand for his son-in-law Maximilian, the emperor Diocletian sent two of his officers successively to negotiate the marriage.
    • In 1960 he was recruited by the publishing house, where he became successively editorial director and managing director.
    • During World War II, his hometown was successively occupied by Italians, Germans, and insurgent Communists.
    • After the outbreak of the First World War, he served successively in the Foreign Office's western, war, and contraband departments.
    • As we climbed into the hills, each country road became successively poorer and civilization more remote.
 
 
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