continually

English

Etymology

continual +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈtɪnjuəli/

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• Hyphenation: con‧tin‧u‧al‧ly

Adverb

continually (comparative more continually, superlative most continually)

1. In a continual manner; non-stop.
2. In regular or repeated succession; very often.

Synonyms

• (in a continual manner): ceaselessly, incessantly, nonstop; see also Thesaurus:continuously
• (in regular or repeated succession): by degrees, little by little, momently; see also Thesaurus:gradually or Thesaurus:sequentially

Translations

in a continuous manner

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: عمال‎ (ʕammāl)

• Catalan: continuadament (ca)
• Esperanto: senĉese
• Finnish: jatkuvasti (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: συνεχῶς (sunekhôs)

• Hebrew: עוד‎ (he) (od)
• Hungarian: folyamatosan (hu)
• Irish: de ghréas

• Japanese: 絶え間なく (taemanaku)
• Latin: iūgiter, assiduē
• Norman: continnuellement
• Portuguese: continuamente (pt)
• Russian: непреры́вно (ru) (neprerývno)
• Scottish Gaelic: daonnan, an còmhnaidh, gu sìor
• Spanish: continuadamente, continuamente (es)
• Walloon: tofer (wa), toltins (wa)

References

• continually in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• continually in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.