continuously

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English

Etymology

From continuous +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kənˈtɪnjuəsli/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: con‧tin‧u‧ous‧ly

Adverb

continuously (not comparable)

  1. 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.
    • 2014 May 21, Andrew McGettigan, Shiv Malik, John Domokos, “Private sector and students profit at the college they call 'the ATM'”, in The Guardian:
      "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 to draw down funding," LSST said in a statement.

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