sequentially

[si-kwen-shuh-lee] / sɪˈkwɛn ʃə li /

ADVERB

consecutively

Synonyms

STRONGEST

successively

WEAK

continuously in succession progressively serially

ADVERB

gradually

Synonyms

STRONGEST

constantly continuously deliberately gently increasingly moderately progressively regularly steadily

WEAK

bit by bit by degrees by installments imperceptibly in small doses inch by inch little by little perceptibly piece by piece piecemeal serially step by step successively unhurriedly

Antonyms

WEAK

abruptly fastly intermittently suddenly

ADVERB

ultimately

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basically conclusively finally someday sooner or later

WEAK

after a while after all as a conclusion at last at long last at the close by and by climactically fundamentally hereafter in conclusion in consummation in due time in future in the end in the sequel presently sometime somewhere

Antonyms

WEAK

never

Example Sentences

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GPUs, with their parallel processing capabilities, could render vast swaths of pixels far better than central processing units, which can only carry out tasks sequentially.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

But in this system, researchers believe the star may have produced its planets sequentially rather than all at once.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

The company said it added about 310,000 net digital-only subscribers sequentially, bringing its total number of digital-only subscribers to about 12.5 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Growth, though, isn’t impressive: Users rose 4% year-over-year in the quarter but declined sequentially, something that had never happened since it began reporting its active-user metric in 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

The cars are not sequentially numbered, and it takes me a while to find car 48.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

sequentially

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