Synonyms:
back-to-back, consecutive
Meaning: one after the other; "back-to-back home runs"
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meaning of the word
Synonyms:
consecutive, sequentially
Meaning: in a consecutive manner; "we numbered the papers consecutively"
Usage examples
Let us make up for it with trivial things of frequent encounter, a condition favourable to consecutive study.
I could not get two hours of consecutive sleep, and the effect of my sufferings was to make me nervous and irritable.
I have lived with the tramps there for eight consecutive months, besides passing numerous shorter periods in their company, and my acquaintance with them is nearly of ten years' standing.
Well, during two nights (not consecutive) while I lay awake, I clearly saw Mrs. W., about eleven o'clock upon each night, steal cautiously from the state-room of Mr. W., and enter the extra room, where she remained until daybreak, when she was called by her husband and went back.
Now she had already noticed that Elizabeth had paid visits to the grocer's on three consecutive days (three consecutive days: think of it!), and given that her purchases on other occasions had been on the same substantial scale as to-day, it became a matter of thrilling interest as to where she kept these stores.