continual
adj/kənˈtɪnjuəl/ · /kənˈtɪnjəl/
Etymology From Middle English continuel, from Old French continuel, formed from Latin continuus (“continuous”) with the suffix -el, equivalent to continue + -al.
1
Recurring in steady, rapid succession.
- the continual noise of dogs' barking
- The history of this station is one of continual rebuilding.2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Wakefield Kirkgate”, in RAIL, number 948, page 28:
2
Proscribed Seemingly continuous; appearing to have no end or interruption.
3
Proscribed Forming a continuous series.
- Derived terms
- continuality, continually, continualness
- Related terms
- continuance, continuation, continue, continuous, continuum