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
- 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
- a little at a time
- ad nauseam
- always
- as far as
- at length
- before
- before the coming
- bit by bit
- by degrees
- by installments
- consecutively
- constantly
- continually
- continuously
- deliberately
- down to
- drop by drop
- endlessly
- everlastingly
- forever
- frequently
- gently
- gradually
- having no end
- imperceptibly
- in advance of
- in expectation
- in perpetuity
- in small doses
- in succession
- inch by inch
- increasingly
- interminably
- little by little
- moderately
- never-ending
- night and day
- on and on
- on end
- once again
- one after the other
- over and over
- perceptibly
- permanently
- perpetually
- piece by piece
- piecemeal
- prior to
- progressively
- regularly
- relentless
- relentlessly
- repeatedly
- running
- sequentially
- serially
- steadily
- step by step
- successively
- till
- time after time
- time and time again
- to
- together
- unceasingly
- unhurriedly
- unintermittedly
- uninterruptedly
- unlimitedly
- unremitting
- unremittingly
- up till
- up to
- without a break
- without end
- without interruption
- without limit
- without stopping
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