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

“The frantic futility of constantly searching for a new place,” he wrote his longtime friend, Johnny Dark, “a new life, a new partner. As though change itself were some kind of elixir.”

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That’s exactly why being constantly reminded of our mortality is so frustrating.

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There was no mains water or gas, and the electricity supply was constantly being cut off.

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Since my days in the Finnbar kitchen, there is constantly a quart of mushroom sugo in my refrigerator at home, to be used in any number of applications.

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The downside of this feature, Sutter said, is a signal is constantly being emitted from the key fob, similar to a debit card.

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Related Words

• continually 
• invariably 
• regularly 
• steadily