Dictionary

constantly en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /ˈkɑnstənʔli/ (US)
• /ˈkɒnstəntli/ (UK)

Etymology

From constant + -ly. Displaced native Old English singallīċe.

Meanings

1. (archaic) With steadfastness; with resolve; in loyalty, faithfully.
   • Agrippa and the rest of his weeping friends earnestly besought him […] not to offer violence unto himself, ‘with a settled resolution he desired again they would approve of his good intent, and not seek to dehort him from it’; and so constantly died. , I.iv.1
2. In a constant manner; occurring continuously; persistently.
   • For most people, this sacrifice is made easily and instinctively. Not so for otroverts, who are neither willing nor able to passively adopt the social scripts that others do. To the otrovert, who is constantly engaged with the choices and consequences of their individual life, social norms follow a circular logic: […] 2025 June 19, Rami Kaminski, ““Otroverts” and why nonconformists often see what others can’t”, in Big Think, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2025:
3. (qualifier:frequency) Recurring regularly.
   • Japanese retail stores have strove to, and have succeeded in, fulfilling these severe demands, and in doing so, have constantly had to innovate both technologically and institutionally in order to keep up with the competition. 2013 February 6, Hideo Otake, “Revising the Interpretation of the Japanese Economy”, in Michio Muramatsu, Frieder Naschold, editors, State and Administration in Japan and Germany: A Comparative Perspective on Continuity and Change, page 319:
   • I find that I am constantly reminding you to feed your pets.
4. In an unchangeable or invariable manner; in every case.

Forms

Synonyms

incessantly · ceaselessly (in a constant manner) · uniformly · invariably · consistently (in an unchangeable or invariable manner) · nonstop

Translations (83)

pl bezustannie (recurring regularly) · es constantemente (in a constant manner) · eo konstante (in a constant manner) · fi jatkuvasti (in a constant manner) · hy անընդհատ (recurring regularly) · pl bezustannie (in a constant manner) · nn vedvarande (in a constant manner) · mk постојано (recurring regularly) · hu állandóan (in a constant manner) · la constanter (in a constant manner) · fi tasaisesti (in an invariable manner) · fr constamment (in a constant manner) · id terus-menerus (in a constant manner) · it sempre (in an invariable manner) · ca constantment (recurring regularly) · ca constantment (in a constant manner) · ro regulat (recurring regularly) · cmn 不斷 /不断 (in a constant manner) · nn jamnt (in a constant manner) · uk пості́йно (in a constant manner) · it periodicamente (recurring regularly) · el διαρκώς (in a constant manner) · it costantemente (in a constant manner) · fr en boucle (recurring regularly) · vls hêelsan (in a constant manner) · ja 絶えず (in a constant manner) · ru постоя́нно (in a constant manner) · eo senĉese (recurring regularly) · gl constantemente (in a constant manner) · hu állandóan (recurring regularly) · de ständig (in a constant manner) · vi hoài (recurring regularly) · bg постоянно (in an invariable manner) · cmn 一直 (in a constant manner) · pl nieustannie (in a constant manner) · pt constantemente (in an invariable manner) · pt constantemente (in a constant manner) · lt nuolat (in a constant manner) · de konstant (in an invariable manner) · mk постојано (in a constant manner) · it ininterrottamente (obsolete: with steadfastness, in loyalty) · it senza sosta (in a constant manner) · fr constamment (recurring regularly) · bg постоянно (in a constant manner) · vi hoài (in a constant manner) · sv jämt (in a constant manner) · az daim (recurring regularly) · ang singallīċe (in a constant manner) · grc συνεχῶς (recurring regularly) · fi vakaasti (in an invariable manner) · grc βεβαίως (in a constant manner) · it costantemente (recurring regularly) · nan-hbl 直直 (in a constant manner) · pl ciągle (in a constant manner) · it continuamente (in a constant manner) · fr constamment (in an invariable manner) · ko 지속적으로 (in a constant manner) · gd daonnan (in a constant manner) · it costantemente (in an invariable manner) · ja 常住 (in a constant manner) · ro invariabil (in an invariable manner) · gd an còmhnaidh (recurring regularly) · bg редовно (recurring regularly) · mk постојано (in an invariable manner) · ca constantment (in an invariable manner) · ro constant (in an invariable manner) · de regelmäßig (recurring regularly) · ro constant (in a constant manner) · el συνεχώς (in a constant manner) · gd daonnan (recurring regularly) · ja しょっちゅう (in a constant manner) · mfe konstaman (recurring regularly) · ja ずっと (in a constant manner) · hy անընդհատ (in a constant manner) · ang simle (in a constant manner) · fi jatkuvasti (recurring regularly) · gd an còmhnaidh (in a constant manner) · mfe konstaman (in a constant manner) · fi säännöllisesti (recurring regularly) · pt constantemente (recurring regularly) · az daim (in a constant manner) · ro în mod constant (in a constant manner) · vls hêelsan (recurring regularly)