Sucesivamente (en. Successively)

/suθesivaˈmente/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

adverb

Indicates that something happens in a continuous sequence or in order.

The events unfolded successively, one after another.

Los eventos se desarrollaron sucesivamente, uno tras otro.

Means that an action is performed one after another without interruption.

We studied the chapters of the book successively.

Estudiamos sucesivamente los capítulos del libro.

Reflects a critical relationship between sequential events.

Bad luck came to him successively, affecting all his plans.

La mala suerte le llegó sucesivamente, afectando todos sus planes.

From Latin 'successivus', which means 'that follows in order' and the suffix '-ly'.

one after another

Indicates that things occur without pause, continuously.

una tras otra

in order

Means that something develops following a specific pattern.

en orden

step by step

Reflects that progress is made gradually, in stages.

paso a paso

succession

Sequence of things or events.

sucesión

sequence

Order in which things happen.

secuencia

continuity

State of something that continues uninterrupted.

continuidad

Focused on the idea of chains of events.

Everything happens successively like in dominoes.

Todo pasa sucesivamente como en un dominó.

Related to daily routines.

My life is successively the same every day.

Mi vida es sucesivamente igual todos los días.