incontinently
1 Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of incontinently1
First recorded in 1545–55; incontinent + -ly
Origin of incontinently2
1475–85; late Middle English incontinent, in same sense (< Middle French < Late Latin in continentī ( tempore ) in continuous (time), i.e., without pause; continent ) + -ly
Example Sentences
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The only hangover symptom you’ll feel is the blush that comes from having laughed incontinently at jokes that don’t seem all that funny in the daylight.
From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2017
Thus was the puissance of anathema incontinently squandered.
From The Guardian • Apr. 2, 2010
In the U. S., only brash, Johnny-jump-up William Saroyan hastens more incontinently to answer his critics than Playwright Clifford Odets.
From Time Magazine Archive
Strike out the word "distribute" and insert the word "deposit," and incontinently the impediment is removed; the constitutional difficulty is surmounted, and the distribution can be made.
From Thomas Hart Benton by Roosevelt, Theodore
Ulenspiegel, in the garb of a pilgrim, and with no provision of food or money, departed incontinently for Bois-le-Duc, with the intention of warning the citizens.
From The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere by Coster, Charles de
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