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constantly, adv.|ˈkɒnstəntlɪ|
[f. constant a. + -ly2.]
In a constant manner.
1. With mental constancy or steadfastness; steadfastly, steadily, resolutely; with loyal attachment, faithfully. Obs. or arch.
1534Whitinton Tullyes Offices iii. (1540) 115 Preceptes of lyuynge constauntlye and honestely. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxv. §11 To bear undeserved reproach constantly is the..duty of men professing Christianity. 1621Lady M. Wroth Urania 384 She.. concluded..that one woman might loue two men lawfully, and constantlier then one. 1678Yng. Man's Call. 278 He..afterwards constantly suffered martyrdom for the sake of Jesus Christ. a1803Ballad ‘Young Benjie’ ii. in Child Ball. iv. (1886) 282/1 And wow! but they were lovers dear, And loved fu constantlie.
†b. With assurance or certitude; confidently, firmly, assuredly. Obs.
1538Starkey England i. i. 11 The Iue constantly wyl affyrme hys law to be above al other. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxxxi, We constantly hold that in this case the Apostles Law is not broken. 1603Shakes. Meas. for M. iv. i. 21, I doe constantly beleeue you. 1611Bible Acts xii. 15 But she constantly affirmed that it was euen so. 1627Hakewill Apol. (1630) 223 That I constantly beleeue can never be proved. 1632W. Lithgow Trav. v. (1682) 212 To whom I constantly answered, I did not believe it.
2. Invariably, uniformly, regularly, in every case, always.
1651Hobbes Leviath. ii. xxvii. 158 The same Fact, if it have been constantly punished in other men, etc. a1661Fuller Worthies (1840) II. 453 He constantly had prayers said in his own house. 1747Wesley Prim. Physic (1762) p. xx, They ought constantly to go to Bed about Nine. 1776Adam Smith W.N. I. i. iii. 21 In our American colonies the plantations have constantly followed the sea-coast.
3. Continually, perpetually, incessantly, always.
1682Norris Hierocles 2 Constantly intent upon his goodness. 1711Steele Spect. No. 96 ⁋2 Being constantly about him. 1807G. Chalmers Caledonia I. iii. vii. 405 Injuries constantly rankling at her heart. 1880Geikie Phys. Geog. ii. §8. 55 The quantity of vapour in the atmosphere is constantly varying from day to day.
†b. Continuously, permanently, for a permanence.
1567Triall Treas. (1850) 44 Whereas Lust and Treasure in time is come to nought, Just, possessing Trust, remayneth constantly. 1601Shakes. Twel. N. ii. iii. 160 The diu'll a Puritane that hee is, or any thing constantly but a time⁓pleaser. |