Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without cessation or intermission; unceasingly.
- Very often; at regular or frequent intervals; from time to time; habitually.
- = Syn. Continuously, constantly, incessantly, perpetually.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Without cessation; unceasingly; continuously.
- adverb In regular or repeated succession; very often.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
continuous manner;non-stop . - adverb In
regular orrepeated succession; veryoften .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb seemingly without interruption
Etymologies
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Examples
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At a period when he was having a terrific struggle with a certain habit, he was so continually held in the thought of fear by his mother and the young lady to whom he was engaged, -- the engagement to be consummated at the end of a certain period, the time depending on his proving his mastery, -- that he, very sensitively organized, _continually_ felt the depressing and weakening effects of their negative thoughts.
In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty Ralph Waldo Trine 1912
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She however continued to wander about in her despair, and is wandering still, singing all the time a mournful song, in which she calls continually to Moowis, saying that she is lost, and begging him to come and save her.
Aboriginal America 1860
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Thompson ripped Daniels for what she called continually raising taxes.
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Thompson ripped Daniels for what she called continually raising taxes.
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Thompson ripped Daniels for what she called continually raising taxes.
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Thompson ripped Daniels for what she called continually raising taxes.
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Thompson ripped Daniels for what she called continually raising taxes.
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Do you think one can remain continually betwixt and between or is there a point at which this approach to life would become a burden?
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One, a flea-bitten roan, groaned continually from the moment Mrs. Morgan's burden was put upon him till she was shifted to the other horse.
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Part of the adventure for entrepreneurs like Goldman lay in continually refining the technology to drive down cost.
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