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Latin
Etymology
From continēns present participle of contineō (“I contain”), from con- (“together”) + teneō (“I hold”).
Adverb
continenter (comparative continentius, superlative continentissimē)
- unbroken, uninterruptedly
- Synonyms: iūgiter, prōtinus
- continuously, without a pause
- Synonyms: iūgiter, prōtinus
- repeatedly
- successfully
- (figuratively) temperately, moderately
References
- “continenter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “continenter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- continenter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- continenter in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016