consistently
English
[edit]Etymology
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From consistent + -ly.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kənˈsɪstəntli/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adverb
[edit]consistently (comparative more consistently, superlative most consistently)
- (manner) In a consistent manner.
- Synonyms: compliantly, invariably, uniformly; see also Thesaurus:conformably, Thesaurus:uniformly
- 1961 November, “More accelerations in the French winter timetables”, in Trains Illustrated, page 670:
- Thus from October 1 the French National Railways made a number of changes in their services and consistently in the direction of higher speeds.
- 2008 April 7, Janet Maslin, “A Sex Researcher Walks Into a Lab, and Then Things Start to Get Comical”, in The New York Times[1], archived from the original on 26 November 2022:
- 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.
- (frequency) constantly; always.
- Synonyms: continually, incessantly; see also Thesaurus:forever
Translations
[edit]in a consistent manner
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constantly — see constantly
References
[edit]- “consistently”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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