successive
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Britannica Dictionary definition of SUCCESSIVE
always used before a noun
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following one after the other in a series
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following each other without interruption
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It snowed for three successive [=consecutive] days.
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the third successive day
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a trait found in successive generations
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their fourth successive [=consecutive] victory
— successively
adverb-
He has owned a series of successively larger boats. [=a series of boats in which each boat is larger than the one before it]
