successively.

One after another in an ordered series.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• successively occupied
• successively larger
• considered successively

On the page

The building was successively occupied by a school, a hospital, and a municipal archive.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: invariable adverb. Writing functions: sequence, change, comparison. Commonness: moderately common. Distinct lexical word from consecutively; no word-family forms manufactured.