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serially

serially

3 5.8
In order, one after another
  • adverb
  • /ˈsɪr.i.əl.i/
translation icon : de forma secuencial
  • However, auditory information is often presented serially, while visual information is frequently presented as a synchronous array.
  • serially ordered
  • serially arranged
  • serially dependent

Do you do it serially or, or in parallel?

Examples

  • "The History of a Musical Phrase" ran serially in The Musical World from October 2, 1886, to May 14, 1887.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Do you do it serially or, or in parallel?

  • I resolved the issue by doing each of them serially throughout my life.

    Blog text (32)
  • There are 80 cards in the base set, and each is serially numbered to 80.

    Blog text (10)
  • Assignment of finger sequences: Serially ordered instructions are created for finger movement.

    Academic text (2007)
  • For Steiner, the free human "I" makes its choices serially because it lives within a cosmic evolutionary process.

    Academic text (1991)
  • One hypothesis is that forms are stored as serially ordered strings of uncontracted characters.

    Academic text (2007)
  • In addition, computing a parametric effect size with serially dependent data may be problematic from a statistical perspective.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The students completed the tasks serially, finishing one before starting the next.

  • In the experiment, the data was processed serially to ensure accuracy.

Synonyms

consecutively
vsserially
9 4.1

Happening one after another without a break

is about general successive order rather than continuous unbroken flow
sequentially
vsserially
9 4.5

Things happen one after the other in a fixed order

is about simple one by one order without stressing a fixed arrangement

Antonyms

209 4.2

At the same time

126 2.4

In a way that has no clear plan or order

How Sequential

serially
3 5.8
in turn
245 3.3
simultaneously
209 4.2

Surface Forms

serially positive

Morphology

serially = serial (transparent) = serial + ly

The word 'serially' is transparently derived from 'serial' with the addition of the adverbial suffix '-ly'.

Etymology

Serially comes from the Latin word series, which means 'row' or 'chain', so imagine a line of items or a TV series with episodes in order. So, to do something serially is to do it 'one after another' in a set order.