Meanings
- not comparableOne after another, in order; taking one topic or subject at a time in an order; sequentially.
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 5703 more examples
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 337Despite 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.
2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, page 242Children 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 […]
2006, Daniel Yeager, J. L. Austin and the Law: Exculpation and the Explication of Responsibility, page 42Synonyms: in order, step by step
- not comparablelawPoint by point; sequential.
a seriatim review
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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.
2021 October 4, Mark Walsh, “A View from the courtroom: In-person arguments come out of storage”, in SCOTUSblog
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbOne after another, in order; taking one topic or subject at a time in an order; sequentially.
Origin
- Latinseriēs“row, chain”
- Englishseriatim
From Medieval Latin seriatim, from Latin seriēs (“row, chain”) + -ātim, adverbial suffix.
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Hindi क्रमशः, सिलसिलेवार
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seriatim. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seriatim
“seriatim.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seriatim. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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