To pronounce "successively", say SUCC-ess-iv-ely — 4 syllables. Tap play below to hear it in four English accents, or practice it syllable by syllable.
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"successively" has 4 syllables: succ-ess-iv-ely. It rhymes with excessively and progressively, if that helps it stick.
adverb
“December 20, 1787 My last to you was of Oct. 8 by the Count de Moustier. Yours of July 18. Sep. 6. & Oct. 24. have been successively received, yesterday, the day before & three or four days before that. — Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Madison.”
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"Successively" has 4 syllables: succ · ess · iv · ely.
Successively: In a serial or successive manner; one following another.
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