Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

consecutively

/kənsˈɛkjətɪvli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables: con-sec-u-tive-ly
IPA: /kənsˈɛkjətɪvli/

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a consecutive manner; without interruption.

Example Sentences

"They considered only proteins in the paranome (the set of all duplicate genes in the genome) and numbered them consecutively according to their positions on the chromosomes."

Etymology

Etymology tree English consecutive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English consecutively From consecutive + -ly.

Derived Forms

nonconsecutively

Synonyms

successively in a row

Questions

How do you pronounce consecutively?: The recorded pronunciation is /kənsˈɛkjətɪvli/.
What does consecutively mean?: In a consecutive manner; without interruption.
Where does consecutively come from?: Etymology tree English consecutive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English consecutively From consecutive + -ly.

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