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con·tin·u·al·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. continuallyadverb

    seemingly without interruption

    "complained continually that there wasn't enough money"

Wiktionary

  1. continuallyadverb

    In a continuous manner; non-stop.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Continuallyadverb

    Etymology: from continual.

    The drawing of the boughs into the inside of a room, where a fire is continually kept, hath been tried with grapes. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 405.

    Why do not all animals continually increase in bigness, during the whole space of their lives? Richard Bentley, Sermons.

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  1. continually

    Continually refers to the act of doing something on a regular or frequent basis or without stopping or interruption. It implies a persistent, ongoing occurrence or action.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Continuallyadverb

    without cessation; unceasingly; continuously; as, the current flows continually

  2. Continuallyadverb

    in regular or repeated succession; very often

British National Corpus

  1. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'continually' in Adverbs Frequency: #371

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of continually in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of continually in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of continually in a Sentence

  1. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson:

    At my headquarters, I'm pressing my staff continually to stay one step ahead of groups like ISIS, AQAP, Al-Shabaab, to stay one step ahead of the weather, to stay one step ahead of the cyberattacks we face, to stay once step ahead of what's happening on our southern border.

  2. Fred Trotter:

    Such Facebook groups've been doing the digital equivalent of performing CPR, there's a certain moral obligation when you're first on the scene. Such Facebook groups're continually waiting for the cavalry to arrive.

  3. Alison Macklin:

    They continually call out a need to review curriculum — and any sex education curriculum is already being reviewed, so these standards are decided by experts who are educators. And there’s always the opportunity for parents to review curriculum.

  4. American Airlines:

    We should have followed up immediately afterward with Ms. Lane to assure her how seriously we were taking her claims. It is important to note that the way we work with our customers after an incident like Ms. Lane’s has changed over the past few months, if this incident happened today, Ms. Lane would have received a call from our customer relations team making sure that we were providing her with thebest possible care during this difficult time. We’re continually focused on improving our customers’ experience and this is a positive change we have made in the last few months.

  5. Elbert Hubbard:

    The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

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