continently
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of continently
Example Sentences
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Nor is Cyprian influenced by these considerations to speak of a virgin who had made a solemn vow, but of one who had determined to live continently, as the beginning of Letter XI.,
From The Confutatio Pontificia by Johann Michael Reu
Of these they make mothers—for these alone they will live continently.
From Sally Bishop A Romance by E. Temple (Ernest Temple) Thurston
She lived continently all her life, as both the Grecian and Persian women affirm.
From Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects by John Aubrey
I wish too that by living continently I could have done, once for all, with this faded pose and this idle making of phrases!
From Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes by James Branch Cabell
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