successively
adv.one after another in a specific order. You use this when things happen in a sequence without any gaps.
adv.following in a sequence or uninterrupted order; consecutively.
“The team won three games successively.”
“The runner broke the world record three times successively during the summer season.”
“The historian argued that the three successively elected leaders each contributed to the eventual collapse of the empire through increasingly isolationist policies.”
Typically follows the verb or the object of the clause.
Learners often confuse 'successively' (one after another) with 'respectively' (in the order mentioned).
“Samsung has successively shaved a few millimeters off every year, taking a leap last year with the Z Fold 7.”
From successive + -ly.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.