SUCCESSIONALLY Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

successionally

adverb

as in successively

in succession without others coming in between the bumptious reporter asked three questions successionally before anyone else could get a word in

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Yes, statistically, that’s his worst of the year — his last three games, in fact, have been successively worse, statistically.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2026
Their concentrations then increase at successively higher trophic levels (levels of the food chain) as organisms consume contaminated prey.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of successively

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Among the 20 lineups around the NBA that entered Wednesday with at least 30 minutes played together this season, the Heat’s starting lineup owned the second-worst net rating.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026
The glue that binds them together is a belief that government is best that governs the very least.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026

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The desire to have a steady hand running foreign policy meant that getting him through the Senate would be easy.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Jomo Fray’s camera basks in textures the same way the scenes are immersed in sounds, focusing on the child’s fingers caressing the fish scales or her hand running through the babbling creek.

— Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Nov. 2023

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