consecutively

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /kənˈsɛkjətɪvli/ UK /kənˈsɛkjʊtɪvli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
one after another in unbroken succession

The team won five matches consecutively.

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Synonyms

1 adv · one after another in... successively sequentially serially continuously uninterruptedly

Opposites

intermittently randomly simultaneously

Word family

Related forms consecutive consecution sequence sequel

Etymology

From consecutive + -ly, from Medieval Latin consecutivus, from Latin consequi ('to follow closely'), from con- ('with') + sequi ('to follow').

consequi Latin sequi Latin

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# consecutively

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /kənˈsɛkjətɪvli/
**IPA (UK):** /kənˈsɛkjʊtɪvli/

## Meanings
1. one after another in unbroken succession

## Examples
- The team won five matches consecutively.

## Synonyms
- successively
- sequentially
- serially
- continuously
- uninterruptedly

## Antonyms
- intermittently
- randomly
- simultaneously

## Related Forms
- consecutive
- consecution
- sequence
- sequel

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: consequi
- Root: sequi

## Etymology
From consecutive + -ly, from Medieval Latin consecutivus, from Latin consequi ('to follow closely'), from con- ('with') + sequi ('to follow').

## AI Etymology
Consecutively comes from consecutive + -ly, from Medieval Latin consecutivus, from Latin consequi ('to follow closely'), from con- ('with') + sequi ('to follow'). The historical trail runs through Latin consequi and Latin sequi. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. In modern use it means one after another in unbroken succession. Related forms include consecutive, consecution, sequence, sequel.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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