successively
successively — adverb
1. if events or things happen successively, each one comes right after the one befo
if events or things happen successively, each one comes right after the one before, with nothing in between.
The runners crossed the line successively, each only a second behind the last.
verb + successively for events in close order
Felix won the school chess prize three years successively, never losing once.
collocation: [number] years successively
The lights on the bridge switched on successively, from one bank to the other.
During the storm, the power failed successively in three nearby towns.
Yara read the chapters successively, finishing each before opening the next.
- consecutively
very close in meaning; slightly more common in everyday speech
- in succession
phrase form, often after a number ('three times in succession')
- in turn
stresses each one taking its place in order, less about no gaps
- simultaneously
at the same time rather than one after the other
文法句型
[verb] + successively
successively + [comparative/number]
用法筆記
Frequently follows a number-plus-time-unit phrase such as 'three years successively' or 'four nights successively' to stress an unbroken run.