Seriatim

/sɪəɹɪˈeɪtɪm/ · adverb

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. One after another, in order; taking one topic or subject at a time in an order; sequentially.
2. (chiefly law) Point by point; sequential.

Example Sentences

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.

The author then took up each step seriatim of the technique and after-treatment.

Despite the seemingly bright start in North America, French forces failed to stop the English from opening up the Saint Lawrence seaway through Louisbourg, which fell in 1758, and French fortresses along the Ohio river passed seriatim into English hands.

Children who seriatim decapitate a row of trees or pull the wings off flies hardly do it unintentionally, but they may have no reason or motive […]

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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.

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