continuously
/kənˈtɪnjuəsli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.97 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Without pause.
Example Sentences
- "The river continuously flows to the sea, it will never pause to let us cross on dry land."
- "She drove continuously for two hours."
- "In the year 1633, the Bridget Nuns, near Xanthus, behaved like sheep, jumping about and bleating continuously."
- "George C. Edler (1889-1987) of Bethesda, MD kept a handwritten diary continuously from 20 Sep 1909, a total of 78 years."
- ""We continuously strive to improve our processes and indeed have updated our systems accordingly. Ultimately, however, it is for the student to make a proper declaration to SLC [Student Loans Company]^([sic]) to draw down funding," LSST said in a statement."
Etymology
Etymology tree English continuous Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English continuously From continuous + -ly.