順に|じゅんにjunni[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. adverbin order; in turn; one by one
    All the boys spoke, each in turn.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym順々にじゅんじゅんにNeutralAdverb, near-synonymous with 「順に」, but with a stronger emphasis on handling things one at a time.
  • Related逐次ちくじWrittenWritten/formal prose for 'successively, one after another', as in 「逐次更新」「逐次報告する」. 「順に」 fits both speech and writing and stresses going one by one in order.
  • Related順々じゅんじゅんNeutralColloquial; noun or adverb meaning 'in turn, taking turns', with the nuance of each person's turn coming round.
  • Antonym逆にぎゃくにNeutralMeans 'conversely; on the contrary' — a direction or outcome opposite to what was expected. Not about breaking order; it opposes 「順に」 only as reverse vs. forward.
  • Antonym無作為にWrittenWritten/formal statistical term for 'at random', with no set order; the opposite of the ordered 「順に」.
  • AntonymランダムにNeutralColloquial loanword meaning 'randomly', with no set order; it stands opposite the ordered 「順に」.

Use 「順に」 for doing things one by one in a set order, as in 「左から順に」「順に並ぶ」. In formal writing for 'successively' choose 「逐次」; for going through items one by one, 「順々に」. With no order at all, say 「ランダムに」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 1つずつ、決きめられた順序じゅんじょで次々つぎつぎと行おこなうさま。
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