constantly

[kon-stuhnt-lee]

adverb

1. without pausing; unceasingly.

   Add the milk and cook until thick, stirring constantly.

2. regularly or frequently; consistently.

   The charts have to be updated every few years as the geomagnetic field is changing constantly.

   We need to be constantly vigilant if we do not want the clutter to get out of hand.

Other Word Forms

• overconstantly adverb
• quasi-constantly adverb
• unconstantly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of constantly¹

constant + -ly

Example Sentences

As a result, pitches for the tournament were remade in short order and are constantly being tweaked to deal with the blistering heat.

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The two are constantly bickering about everything, and occasionally he breaks a door into splinters, though he never raises a hand against her.

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“There is a whole…army of administrators, hundreds of them, who are constantly blocking people…that they have ideological disagreements with.”

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With my phone constantly itching in my pocket, begging to be used, it accompanies me throughout the day: during morning showers for music, afternoon walks to the dining hall, and nighttime wind-downs.

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Humans are constantly exposed to microbes that could make us sick, and the immune system developed to protect us.

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Related Words

• continually 
• invariably 
• regularly 
• steadily