continuously
adv/kənˈtɪnjuəsli/
Etymology From continuous + -ly.
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Without pause.
- The river continuously flows to the sea, it will never pause to let us cross on dry land.
- She drove continuously for two hours.
3 more examples
- In the year 1633, the Bridget Nuns, near Xanthus, behaved like sheep, jumping about and bleating continuously.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 99:
- George C. Edler (1889-1987) of Bethesda, MD kept a handwritten diary continuously from 20 Sep 1909, a total of 78 years.1994, Peter Matthews, Norris McWhirter (editors), The Guiness Book of World Records, 1994, page 400:
- "We continuously strive to improve our processes and indeed have updated our systems accordingly. Ultimately, however, it is for the student to make a proper declaration to SLC [Student Loans Company]^([sic]) to draw down funding," LSST said in a statement.2014 May 21, Andrew McGettigan, Shiv Malik, John Domokos, “Private sector and students profit at the college they call 'the ATM'”, in The Guardian:
- Synonyms
30 terms
ceaselessly, incessantly, nonstop, consecutively, constantly, continently, continually, continuously, endlessly, eternally, ever, everlastingly, extendedly, infinitely, never-endingly, ongoingly, perpetually, persistently, relentlessly, steadily, successively, unbrokenly, unceasingly, unendingly, unintermittedly, uninterruptedly, unrelentingly, unrelievedly, unremittingly, unstoppingly- Antonyms
- discontinuously
- Related terms
- forever