Definition of "successively" [suc•ces•sive•ly]

• In a serial or successive manner; one following another. (adverb)

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• "In his description of the manner in which these forms cohere and successively unfold, he introduces one of the basic concepts of higher space thought; namely, that in the "descent of forms" from space to space, that which in the higher exists all together -- that is, _simultaneously_ -- can only manifest itself in the lower piecemeal -- that is, _successively_."
• "He then joined Imperial Oil Limited where he made his mark in successively more responsible assignments until he gained the Presidency in 1960."
• "Tale: saves hero successively from a falling tree, a falling doorway, and a serpent, but is turned into a stone for eight years for licking the blood of the serpent from heroine's breast, and is eventually restored to life by hero's child."