continually
[kuh n-tin-yoo-uh-lee]
- very often; at regular or frequent intervals; habitually.
- without cessation or intermission; unceasingly; always.
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Origin of continually
Usage note
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Examples from the Web for continually
Contemporary Examples
God has to continually prompt and prod him, and puts his brother Aaron at his side to do most of the real leadership.
Lack of elaboration is a virus that continually infects the book, sometimes having a sickening effect on the reader.
He was said to have been "continually drunk for five years" at the court of Charles II in the 1670s.
So why are we continually inundated with images and hate speech perpetuating this harmful lie?
As a result, he continually overpromises and under-delivers.
Historical Examples
It is not so with the new fables which the Greeks are continually mixing with their mythology.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
By this engine, whose springs I am continually oiling, I play them all off.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
His horse, accustomed to a more open country, was continually at fault.
Way of the LawlessMax Brand
Pandora continually kept saying to herself and to Epimetheus.
The Paradise of ChildrenNathaniel Hawthorne
I thought her ridiculous, but it was too much trouble to tell her so continually.
Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth