successive

a. [ Cf. F. successif. See Succeed. ] 1. Following in order or in uninterrupted course; coming after without interruption or interval; following one after another in a line or series; consecutive; as, the successive revolution of years; the successive kings of Egypt; successive strokes of a hammer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Send the successive ills through ages down. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having or giving the right of succeeding to an inheritance; inherited by succession; hereditary; as, a successive title; a successive empire. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Successive induction. (Math.) See Induction, 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a successive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

The whiteness, at length, changed successively into blue, indigo, and violet. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]