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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
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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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Product gross margin in the quarter was 38.7%, down 200 basis points sequentially and better than analyst estimates of 37.6%.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

He pointed out that Google Cloud’s backlog nearly doubled sequentially to $462 billion in the first quarter.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

There was faster pickup sequentially in the companies’ corporate banking units than in markets lending from the fourth quarter to the first quarter, for the three largest banks that report those totals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

“Much like during Covid, the shock unfolds sequentially rather than simultaneously—a rolling supply disruption moving westward,” wrote Natasha Kaneva, J.P.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

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

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen