continuouslyadv.
/kənˈtɪnjʊəsli/, U.S. /kənˈtɪnjəwəsli/ In a continuous manner; uninterruptedly, without break; continually, constantly.
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the world > space > extension in space > [adverb] > without a break
continuately1601
indistantly1656
continually1660
continuously1678
the world > action or operation > continuing > [adverb] > in a continuous manner or without stopping
fastlyOE
anonOE
everOE
everylikec1225
continuallyc1305
atreet1340
unceasinglyc1340
perpetuallyc1385
incessably1398
desselya1400
ithandlya1400
dreichlyc1400
restlessc1400
contunely1447
all alongc1450
dessantlyc1460
incessantly1481
still opece1488
uncessantlya1500
continuinglya1513
in ane1513
away1526
incessant1558
restlessly1567
square1570
stintless1598
ceaselessly?1606
residently1609
unrestingly1621
indesinently1651
jugially1654
unintermissively1656
constantly1682
hand to fist1706
forever1753
unintermittingly1784
round the clock1816
continuously1826
unpausingly1831
sustainedly1842
pauselessly1845
remorselessly1845
around the clock1872
play-by-play1889
ball-by-ball1906
non-stop1920
solidly1937
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 167 Which..Incorporates the newly received Nourishment, and joyns it Continuously with the preexistent parts of Flesh and Bone.
1826 J. Foster Let. 9 Oct. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) II. 94 He spoke continuously for a considerable time.
1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) I. ii. xxv. 623 These may sometimes mantle continuously round the whole mass.
1879 Nature 20 Nov. 58 A body which is changing its speed every..hundredth part of a moment or what we call continuously.
1881 J. C. Maxwell Treat. Electr. & Magnetism (ed. 2) I. 6 A quantity is said to vary continuously, if, when it passes from one value to another, it assumes all the intermediate values.
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