Definition

Adverb: * In a consecutive manner; one after another without interruption: Describes events, actions, or items that follow in an unbroken sequence or order.

Usage

The adverb "consecutively" is used to modify a verb, indicating that the action happens in a continuous, sequential order. It emphasizes the lack of gaps or interruptions between instances.

Examples

• The team won the championship consecutively for three years. (The wins happened in three unbroken years: year one, then year two, then year three.)
• She worked for 12 hours consecutively without a break.
• The numbers 4, 5, and 6 appear consecutively in this sequence.

Advanced Usage

• "To serve consecutively": Often used in legal or official contexts regarding sentences or terms.
  • The judge sentenced him to two five-year terms to be served consecutively, meaning a total of ten years in prison.

Variants and Related Words

• Consecutive (adjective): Following one after another in order.
  • It rained for five consecutive days.
• Consecutiveness (noun): The state or quality of being consecutive. (This is a less common, more formal noun form.)

Synonyms

• Successively: Following in a sequence.
• Sequentially: In a sequence or logical order.
• In a row: (Informal) One after another without interruption.
• Running: (Informal) For several times or periods successively.

Antonyms

• Intermittently: At irregular intervals; not continuously.
• Simultaneously: At the same time.
• Concurrently: Happening or existing at the same time.

Adverb

1. in a consecutive manner
   • he was consecutively ill, then well, then ill again