Standard Lemma guide

consecutively

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

In a consecutive manner; without interruption.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: successively, in a row

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in a consecutive manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he was consecutively ill, then well, then ill again

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English consecutive Middle English -ly English -ly English consecutively From consecutive + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հաջորդաբար (haǰordabar) — in a consecutive manner
  • Catalan: consecutivament — in a consecutive manner
  • Czech: konsekutivně — in a consecutive manner
  • Finnish: peräkkäin — in a consecutive manner
  • Finnish: perättäin — in a consecutive manner
  • Finnish: peräkkäisesti — in a consecutive manner
  • Finnish: perättäisesti — in a consecutive manner
  • French: consécutivement — in a consecutive manner
  • Galician: consecutivamente — in a consecutive manner
  • German: nacheinander — in a consecutive manner
  • German: hintereinander — in a consecutive manner
  • German: aufeinanderfolgend — in a consecutive manner
  • Irish: as a chéile — in a consecutive manner
  • Italian: consecutivamente — in a consecutive manner
  • Portuguese: consecutivamente — in a consecutive manner
  • Spanish: consecutivamente — in a consecutive manner
Real reading context

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