Serially

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In series, one after the other, as opposed to in parallel. not-comparable

    "All tickets are serially numbered by machine as they are printed, and while two tickets of the same number should not occur, it could possibly happen through a fault in the printing machine."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a serial manner wordnet

Synonyms

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in successionin turnmomentlyparallelrunningsequentially

Example

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"This story appeared serially in the Asahi."

Etymology

From serial + -ly.

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