# successive vs successively

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### successive
*adjective · IPA /səkˈsɛsɪv/ · frequency rank #8,990*
Coming one after the other in a series.

### successively
*adverb · frequency rank #28,392*
In a serial or successive manner; one following another.

## Source
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