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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Samsung has successively shaved a few millimeters off every year, taking a leap last year with the Z Fold 7.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026
Like rock-paper-scissors, each generation of warfare emerges by successively absorbing and controlling the decisive element that came before it.

— Will Cady, SPIN, 30 July 2026

Definition of successively

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The idea that these two would have a five-minute-or-less breakup conversation, then plop down on the couch and happily embark on an acid trip together, strains credulity a little, even for this bizarre, codependent friend group.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
Ice also holds mountains together, in the form of permafrost, a mix of soil, rock, sediment and ice.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

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The attack comes as Russia has sharply intensified its air campaign in recent days, with air raid sirens sounding repeatedly across Kyiv and explosions and the rumble of air defenses punctuating the city throughout the day.

— Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
The states presented evidence that senior executives at Meta, intent on maximizing their company’s growth, had repeatedly set aside concerns about what its products were doing to its youngest users.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of repeatedly

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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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