continuously

See also: continually

English

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.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kənˈtɪnjuəsli/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Hyphenation: con‧tin‧u‧ous‧ly

    Adverb

    continuously (not comparable)

    2. Without pause.
      The river continuously flows to the sea, it will never pause to let us cross on dry land.
      She drove continuously for two hours.
      • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 99:
        In the year 1633, the Bridget Nuns, near Xanthus, behaved like sheep, jumping about and bleating continuously.
      • 1994, Peter Matthews, Norris McWhirter (editors), The Guiness Book of World Records, 1994, page 400:
        George C. Edler (1889-1987) of Bethesda, MD kept a handwritten diary continuously from 20 Sep 1909, a total of 78 years.
      • 2014 May 21, Andrew McGettigan, Shiv Malik, John Domokos, “Private sector and students profit at the college they call 'the ATM'”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 October 2026:
        "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.

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