continuously

continuous +‎ -ly

• IPA^(key): /kənˈtɪnjuəsli/

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• Hyphenation: con‧tin‧u‧ous‧ly

continuously (not comparable)

1. Without pause.

   The river continuously flows to the sea, it will never pause to let us cross on dry land.

   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 99:

     In the year 1633, the Bridget Nuns, near Xanthus, behaved like sheep, jumping about and bleating continuously.

• ceaselessly, incessantly, nonstop; see also Thesaurus:continuously