continuously
See also: continually
English
[edit]Etymology
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From continuous + -ly.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kənˈtɪnjuəsli/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Hyphenation: con‧tin‧u‧ous‧ly
Adverb
[edit]continuously (not comparable)
- Without pause.
- The river continuously flows to the sea, it will never pause to let us cross on dry land.
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 99:
- In the year 1633, the Bridget Nuns, near Xanthus, behaved like sheep, jumping about and bleating continuously.
- 1994, Peter Matthews, Norris McWhirter (editors), The Guiness Book of World Records, 1994, page 400:
- George C. Edler (1889-1987) of Bethesda, MD kept a handwritten diary continuously from 20 Sep 1909, a total of 78 years.
- 2014 May 21, Andrew McGettigan, Shiv Malik, John Domokos, “Private sector and students profit at the college they call 'the ATM'”, in The Guardian[1]:
- "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.
Usage notes
[edit]- See usage notes at continually.
Synonyms
[edit]- ceaselessly, incessantly, nonstop; see also Thesaurus:continuously
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]without pause
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