Consecutiveness

con·sec·u·tive  (kn-sky-tv)

adj.

1. Following one after another without interruption; successive: was absent on three consecutive days; won five consecutive games on the road.

2. Marked by logical sequence.

3. Grammar Expressing consequence or result: a consecutive clause.

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[French consécutif, from Old French, from Medieval Latin cnsectvus, from cnsectus, past participle of Latin cnsequ, to follow closely; see consequent.]

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con·secu·tive·ly adv.

con·secu·tive·ness n.