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continuously en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /kənˈtɪnjuəsli/

Etymology

Etymology tree English continuous Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English continuously From continuous + -ly.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Without pause.
   • She drove continuously for two hours.
   • In the year 1633, the Bridget Nuns, near Xanthus, behaved like sheep, jumping about and bleating continuously. 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 99:
   • The river continuously flows to the sea, it will never pause to let us cross on dry land.
   • "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. 2014 May 21, Andrew McGettigan, Shiv Malik, John Domokos, “Private sector and students profit at the college they call 'the ATM'”, in The Guardian:
   • George C. Edler (1889-1987) of Bethesda, MD kept a handwritten diary continuously from 20 Sep 1909, a total of 78 years. 1994, Peter Matthews, Norris McWhirter (editors), The Guiness Book of World Records, 1994, page 400:

Antonyms

discontinuously

Deriveds

continuously habitable zone · semicontinuously · continuously variable transmission

Relateds

forever

Synonyms

unendingly · continually · infinitely · incessantly · uninterruptedly · continuously · unremittingly · relentlessly · never-endingly · everlastingly · unrelievedly · constantly · steadily · eternally · ongoingly · perpetually · unintermittedly · unstoppingly · ceaselessly · persistently · continently · consecutively · nonstop · unbrokenly · endlessly · successively · unrelentingly · unceasingly · ever · extendedly

Translations (59)

nn kontinuerleg (without pause) · cmn 一直 (without pause) · yi כּסדר (without pause) · hi निरंतर (without pause) · ru непреры́вно (without pause) · de ständig (without pause) · cmn 不斷 /不断 (without pause) · ro fără pauză (without pause) · hy անդուլ (without pause) · ro perpetuu (without pause) · hy շարունակ (without pause) · ja 連続的に (without pause) · sv kontinuerligt (without pause) · nb kontinuerlig (without pause) · kk ұдайы (without pause) · hu folyamatosan (without pause) · pl ciągle (without pause) · gl arreo (without pause) · izh yhtäperrää (without pause) · hu folytonosan (without pause) · de ununterbrochen (without pause) · as একেলেথাৰিয়ে (without pause) · da kontinuerligt (without pause) · kea afiu (without pause) · it continuamente (without pause) · ru постоя́нно (without pause) · ar باستمرار (without pause) · tr durmadan (without pause) · es continuadamente (without pause) · fi jatkuvasti (without pause) · de kontinuierlich (without pause) · fi tauotta (without pause) · fr continuellement (without pause) · eo senĉese (without pause) · pt continuamente (without pause) · la perpetuē (without pause) · ro continuu (without pause) · kk үзбей (without pause) · de andauernd (without pause) · gd gu sìor (without pause) · ko 연달아 (without pause) · ko 계속 (without pause) · ta தொடர்ந்து (without pause) · grc διαμπερές (without pause) · hi लगातार (without pause) · nl continu (without pause) · ro neîntrerupt (without pause) · es continuamente (without pause) · grc συνεχῶς (without pause) · hy անընդհատ (without pause) · ca contínuament (without pause) · es de continuo (without pause) · oj aabda (without pause) · gl continuamente (without pause) · hy անընդմեջ (without pause) · gl continuadamente (without pause) · pl nieprzerwanie (without pause) · it costantemente (without pause) · ro încontinuu (without pause)