simultaneously

[ sahy-muhl-tey-nee-uhs-lee ]

adverb

1. at the same time:

   By moving the chicken coop every day, we simultaneously provide the birds with fresh food and sanitary living conditions.

Other Words From

• non·si·mul·ta·ne·ous·ly adverb
• un·si·mul·ta·ne·ous·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of simultaneously¹

simultaneous ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

This makes sense for Musk, who wanted to retain control of his myriad companies while simultaneously providing input on all the regulators that contract with and ensure legal compliance from SpaceX, Tesla, and Neuralink.

From Slate

Memory prompts provide the illusion of memory by reminding us of a key event, while simultaneously giving us a shortcut to forgetting most of what surrounded it.

From Slate

He last left prison in December 2023 and was soon simultaneously seeing several women he met through dating sites, cheating them out of money and even pretending to marry one victim.

From BBC

He used birtherism to puff himself up as a potential presidential candidate in 2012, but never bothered with the details of birther conspiracy theories and never abandoned the “just asking questions” pose that allowed him to fool two different audiences simultaneously.

From Salon

Simultaneously, she completed “A Night of Knowing Nothing,” a dreamlike document of students protesting the Hindu nationalist rule of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• together