Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Without interruption; continuously.

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  • adverb In a manner that is ongoing.

Etymologies

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continuing +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • However, I think it is only just as McCain and Republican supporters have continuingly lambasted Obama over "connections" to notorious figures.

    McCain directs '100 year' fire at Obama 2008

  • After the continuingly painful hours of Latin that succeeded luncheon, it had been a scramble to dress in time for tea.

    The Dressmaker Posie Graeme-Evans 2010

  • Probably the most likely aftermath of the Eyjafjallajökull eruption will be continuingly unpredictable air travel, a succession of interruptions and route diversions that will severely hamper our ability to plan.

    What The Volcano Teaches Leaders Maury Peiperl 2010

  • The result of this continuingly seductive yearning is that the soldiers, like the emergency men, will soon enough find themselves “winging it,” in the words of Marine Corps Major General James Mattis.40

    Magic and Mayhem Derek Leebaert 2010

  • In the wake of such continuingly dissatisfying governance, Gulf Arabs will return in even greater numbers for support from tribal groupings, e.g. both politically and socially.

    Future of the Gulf States if Obama's Vision Realized 2008

  • Just because Palin continued to produce as a glittering generalities rhetoric machine while drawing fire from Biden's continuingly confronting her on her conflations, doesn't mean she was actually saying anything that added up to convincing arguments or should endear her to many.

    Biden-Palin Debate: Discipline and Heart Beat Fluff, No Stuff 2008

  • CA-under the continuingly incompetent direction of Registrar of Voters Barbara Dunmore, and the extraordinary delinquency of its County Board of Supervisors - continues its never-ending fight to be named top dog as the Worst Place to Vote in US. There\'s a lot of competition out there for that title, but the county performed above and beyond the call of duty over the past several years in that race, and in its quest .. '

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Forget About Privacy with Absentee/Vote-by-Mail Ballots in Riverside County, CA 2008

  • Dream on kitteh, you can haz cat nap continuingly.

    mi dreamz has a flavr - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • CA-under the continuingly incompetent direction of Registrar of Voters Barbara Dunmore, and the extraordinary delinquency of its County Board of Supervisors - continues its never-ending fight to be named top dog as the Worst Place to Vote in US. There's a lot of competition out there for that title, but the county performed above and beyond the call of duty over the past several years in that race, and in its quest ..

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Forget About Privacy with Absentee/Vote-by-Mail Ballots in Riverside County, CA 2008

  • If the laws and policies promulgated by the elected were to continuingly reflect the ideals given voice to in the constitution and embodied by the electors, the electors, or voters, would have to keep themselves vigilant and well informed.

    Randall Robinson: America's Coup From Within 2008

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