‖ seriatim, adv. (and a.)
(sɪərɪˈeɪtɪm)
[med.L., f. L. seri-ēs after gradatim, literatim.]
One after another, one by one in succession.
| 1680 C. Hatton Corr. (Camden) I. 225 Y⊇ judges did every one of them seriatim declare y{supt} that board was a proper place of judicature of state affaires. a 1734 North Exam. i. ii. §80 (1740) 72 The Judges thought fit to give their Judgments, seriatim, after solemn Argument had. 1815 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. x. I. 303 If not content with taking them [sc. spiders] seriatim you should feel desirous of eating them by handfulls. 1838 Dickens Nich. Nick. xv, Mr. and Mrs. Kenwigs thanked every lady and gentleman, seriatim, for the favour of their company. 1871 Spencer Princ. Psychol. (1872) II. 343 This question subdivides into several questions, which we will consider seriatim. |
b. as adj. Following one after the other. rare.
| 1871 Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue x. 497 There are places where force would be lost by dividing it into two or three successive and seriatim sentences. |