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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The status had previously been renewed successively and, despite the move to end these protections, the State Department warns against traveling to either Haiti or Syria, citing widespread violence, crime, terrorism, and kidnapping.

— Reuters, USA Today, 28 June 2026
Brazilian Carlos Alberto Parreira has the record number of World Cup appearances as a coach with six, but not successively.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 16 June 2026

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Browning and Eveland pointed out all the features of the weapon and walked through how to safely take it apart and put it back together.

— Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 25 July 2026
The Golden State Warriors were hoping LeBron James would come to Northern California to help coach Steve Kerr, Stephen Curry and Draymond Green chase another championship in their final years together.

— Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 25 July 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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