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.