consecutively

adverb

con·​sec·​u·​tive·​ly kən-ˈse-kyə-tiv-lē 

-kə-tiv-

: in a consecutive manner : with each following the other without interruption : with consecutive numbers or in consecutive occurrences

The prints are signed by the artist and numbered consecutively.

The team won the title three times consecutively.

… these horses have wowed audiences across Canada in nearly 100 consecutively sold-out shows …

—Delfin Vigil

Synonyms

• back-to-back
• hand running [dialect]
• running
• sequentially
• seriatim
• successionally
• successively
• together

Examples of consecutively in a Sentence

talked of retirement after winning the title four times consecutively

Recent Examples on the Web

Now that Venus retrograde is officially over as of April 13, all three personal planets — Mercury, Venus, and Mars — are finally moving direct, both consecutively and cumulatively, for the first time in 2025. —Colin Bedell, Them., 11 Apr. 2025

Franke and Hildebrandt received four separate prison sentences for 1 to 15 years, which will run consecutively. —Christine Pelisek, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025

The sentences will run consecutively, prosecutors said. —Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 12 Feb. 2025

The luncheon, the longest consecutively running event in California, is hosted by the Campbell Chamber of Commerce Community Foundation. —Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

consecutive + -ly entry 2

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above