consistently en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /kənˈsɪstəntli/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English consistent Middle English -ly English -ly English consistently From consistent + -ly.
Meanings
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In a consistent manner.
The penile mishaps (one involving a bristled toothbrush), severings (one involves hungry ducks) and surgeries cited by Ms. Roach are nothing if not memorable, but her book consistently undermines its own discoveries.
2008 April 7, Janet Maslin, “A Sex Researcher Walks Into a Lab, and Then Things Start to Get Comical”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:Thus from October 1 the French National Railways made a number of changes in their services and consistently in the direction of higher speeds.
1961 November, “More accelerations in the French winter timetables”, in Trains Illustrated, page 670:
- (qualifier:frequency) constantly; always.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most consistently | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more consistently | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Synonyms
all the time · lastingly · agreeably · interminably · incessantly · for good · unchangeably · uniformly · for evermore · consistently · endlessly · in perpetuity · eternally · appropriately · accordingly · forevermore · uniformly · conformably · unendingly · in saecula saeculorum · properly · for ever more · invariably · suitably · immutably · never-endingly · ever · permanently · evermore · 5ever · ad infinitum · compliantly · becomingly · perpetually · unalterably · incessantly · invariably · constantly · rightly · unchangingly · accordantly · until Kingdom come · consistently · fitly · forever · always · aye · sempiternally · continually · for ever and ever · continually · ever after · compliantly · invariously · until hell freezes over · unvaryingly · always · fivever · still · duly
Translations (23)
tr devamlı (in a consistent manner) · it coerentemente (in a consistent manner) · pt consistentemente (in a consistent manner) · de konsequent (in a consistent manner) · hu következetesen (in a consistent manner) · fi yhtenäisesti (in a consistent manner) · fi johdonmukaisesti (in a consistent manner) · la congruenter (in a consistent manner) · de unabweichend (in a consistent manner) · eo konsekvence (in a consistent manner) · de zuverlässig (in a consistent manner) · de regelmäßig (in a consistent manner) · ca consistentment (in a consistent manner) · tr düzenli (in a consistent manner) · fi yhdenmukaisesti (in a consistent manner) · es consistentemente (in a consistent manner) · tr aralıksız (in a consistent manner) · de beständig (in a consistent manner) · fi järjestään (in a consistent manner) · el με συνέπεια (in a consistent manner) · eo akorde (in a consistent manner) · sv konsekvent (in a consistent manner) · ru после́довательно (in a consistent manner)