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.