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Antonyms for continuously


Grammar : Adj, adv, prep
Spell : kuh n-tin-yoo-uh s
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈtɪn yu əs



Definition of continuously

Origin :
  • 1640s, from French continueus or directly from Latin continuus "uninterrupted, hanging together" (see continue). Related: Continuously.
  • As in again and again : adj often
  • As in on and on : adv continuously
  • As in running : adv continually
  • As in together : adv in a row
  • As in consecutively : adv following
  • As in continually : adv steadily
  • As in ad infinitum : adv to infinity
  • As in by degrees : adv step by step
  • As in perpetually : adv enduringly
  • As in gradually : adv happening slowly, evenly
  • As in until : prep just before
Example sentences :
  • The ground on which they walked ascended gradually and continuously.
  • Extract from : « Sielanka: An Idyll » by Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • He smoked cigarettes and drank tea in silence, continuously.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
  • The actual facts are that I began this book impulsively and wrote it continuously.
  • Extract from : « Notes on My Books » by Joseph Conrad
  • A tumultuous shuffling of feet went on continuously over our heads.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • Why had this song been so persistently and continuously played?
  • Extract from : « The Ivory Snuff Box » by Arnold Fredericks
  • It was continuously daylight, but such a light as never was on land or sea.
  • Extract from : « A Negro Explorer at the North Pole » by Matthew A. Henson
  • The tide of music rolls on continuously, but sounds more strange and dreamy.
  • Extract from : « Parsifal » by H. R. Haweis
  • You have been with him, as housekeeper, nearly ten years—continuously?
  • Extract from : « The Borough Treasurer » by Joseph Smith Fletcher
  • Our travellers had not watched this scene either closely or continuously.
  • Extract from : « The Forest Exiles » by Mayne Reid
  • We make our language the way we continuously make ourselves.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin

Synonyms for continuously

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