adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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