recurringlyadv.
/rᵻˈkəːɪŋli/, U.S. /rəˈkərɪŋli/, /riˈkərɪŋli/ In a recurring manner; repeatedly. Cf. recurrently adv. at recurrent adj. and n.1 Derivatives.
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the world > time > frequency > [adverb] > repeatedly
day and nightOE
morning, noon, and nightc1325
new and newa1425
time after time?a1425
over and overa1470
toties quoties1525
again and again1533
reiteratively1619
over and over again1637
repeatedlya1647
times without number1658
to and again1659
—— in, —— out1815
time and time again1821
day in (and) day out1824
recurringly1828
repetitiously1828
recurrently1841
repetitively1872
ever and again1880
recursively1901
twenty-four hours a day1914
serially1978
1828 New Jerusalem Mag. Sept. 286 Equlibrium [sic]..is a strange word in a strange land, when recurringly uttered in a mixed English congregation.
1856 Sheboygan Lake (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 6 May 2/2 The plaudits of all good men recurringly and constantly freshen the memory of his great deeds.
1915 ‘A. Hope’ Young Man's Year xxix. 272 It pointedly and recurringly reminded him that there were more women than one in the world.
1918 M. D. Petre Modernism iii. 34 The Catholic apologist has failed to realise..that nothing wholly absurd can persistently or recurringly exist.
1923 Daily Mail 10 Aug. 4/2 A bogus manager..is ‘a manager who engages artists and recurringly fails to pay their salaries’.
1987 A. Hultkrantz Native Relig. N. Amer. ii. 31 Such a medicine man who falls recurringly into a deep trance to save a person's life is called a shaman.
2011 L. Fink Sweatshops at Sea Introd. 3 The mixture of peoples composing the seagoing labor force recurringly injected citizenship and immigration issues into maritime labor discussions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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