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# successively

adverb

«successively» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Successively means one after another, in order, without a break. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successively/#m1)
2. Successively also means each time in a series, with each one following the last: successively larger numbers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successively/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths, numbers that get «successively larger» increase each time (2, 4, 8, 16). In history, kings ruled successively one after the other. In science instructions you add things successively, one at a time. It is a formal word; people often say «one after another» or «in turn». Phrases: successively larger, successively smaller.

### Examples

- The numbers 3, 6, 9, 12 get successively bigger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successively/#x1)
- The team won three matches successively. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successively/#x2)
- The kings ruled the country successively. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successively/#x3)
- The steps get successively harder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successively/#x4)
- Pour the liquids in successively, not all at once. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successively/#x5)
- The bowls were successively smaller, like Russian dolls. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successively/#x6)
- Cuchulain fights three of them successively, has his wounds bound up by a strip of the maiden's garment, and then departs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successively/#x7)

### Note

Formal adverb. From «successive» (one after the other) and «succession». Do not confuse with «successfully» (with success). In maths «successively doubled» means double, then double the result again.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «successively» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/successively/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«successively» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/successively.html) on Mova free.