Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With continuity or continuation; without interruption; unbrokenly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a continuous maner; without interruption.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb Without pause.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with unflagging resolve
- adverb at every point
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Examples
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Congress, the media and America have been using the term continuously to talk about proposed solutions to the current financial crisis.
Michael Maslansky: Words That Worked in 2008 (and Some That Didn't): A Report Card 2010
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Congress, the media and America have been using the term continuously to talk about proposed solutions to the current financial crisis.
Words That Worked in 2008 (and Some That Didn't): A Report Card 2010
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Congress, the media and America have been using the term continuously to talk about proposed solutions to the current financial crisis.
Michael Maslansky: Words That Worked in 2008 (and Some That Didn't): A Report Card 2009
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What was your purpose in continuously, almost hypnotically panning the camera from side to side in one specific office scene?
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2010
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Money continuously is been poured into tourism with the rich in mind, yet poverty, homelessness and drug infestation continues to plague Puerto Rico.
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Republicans should replace unpopular insurance coverage mandates with a pledge of protection against coverage exclusions for pre-existing health conditions that is limited to those who remain continuously insured over time.
Beyond Repeal And Replace Tom Miller 2010
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Just as you begin to expect the plot to become sodden with tragedy – a child coughs continuously from a bedroom; a young man squares up to his flighty wife with a knife – it slips into something more acerbic.
Men Should Weep; Blasted; When We Are Married Susannah Clapp 2010
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McCain continuously shoots down any policy that is aimed at helping Americans.
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The human brain continuously processes, weighs, and forms decision trees about a tremendous amount of information from the ‘outside’ world, integrating it to a gestalt map that informs and influences everything we do or say.
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The human brain continuously processes, weighs, and forms decision trees about a tremendous amount of information from the ‘outside’ world, integrating it to a gestalt map that informs and influences everything we do or say.
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