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seriatim

/sɪəɹɪˈeɪtɪm/

seriatim adverb: one after another, in order; taking one topic or subject at a time in an order; sequentially.

Adverb

seriatim (not comparable)

  1. One after another, in order; taking one topic or subject at a time in an order; sequentially.
    • That pen should go on, lay bare these wounds of our constitution, expose these decisions seriatim, and arouse, as it is able, the attention of the nation to these bold speculators on its patience.1829, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: from the papers of Thomas Jefferson, page 337
    • The author then took up each step seriatim of the technique and after-treatment.1893, “Medical Record”, in George F. Shrady, editor, (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 43, page 570

Adjective

seriatim (not comparable)

  1. Point by point; sequential.
    • a seriatim review
    • The argument will also be the first test of the court’s announced hybrid system for oral argument, involving both the usual free-for-all questioning that was missing from the telephone arguments, and one round of seriatim questioning at the end of each arguing attorney’s presentation.2021 October 4, Mark Walsh, “A View from the courtroom: In-person arguments come out of storage”, in SCOTUSblog

seriatim meaning in Hindi and Tamil

seriatim in Hindi

Translations
क्रमशः kramśaḥ, सिलसिलेवार silsilevār, क्रमानुकूल kramānukūl

seriatim in Tamil

வரிசைமுறைப்படி, கூறுகூறாக

Synonyms of seriatim

Origin of seriatim

From Medieval Latin seriatim, from Latin seriēs (“row, chain”) + -ātim, adverbial suffix.

Questions about seriatim

What does seriatim mean?
Seriatim means one after another, in order; taking one topic or subject at a time in an order; sequentially.
What is seriatim in Hindi?
Seriatim in Hindi is क्रमशः (kramśaḥ), सिलसिलेवार (silsilevār), क्रमानुकूल (kramānukūl). See Seriatim meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is seriatim?
Seriatim can be an adverb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce seriatim?
Seriatim is pronounced /sɪəɹɪˈeɪtɪm/ (UK).

Words near seriatim in the dictionary

  1. Serians
  2. seriate
  3. seriated
  4. seriately
  5. seriates
  6. seriatim
  7. seriating
  8. seriation
  9. seriations
  10. seriative
  11. seriatives

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: seriatim (page history and authors); seriatim (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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