Standard Lemma guide

continuously

adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /kənˈtɪnjuəsli/
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  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N T IH1 N Y UW0 AH0 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

Without pause.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • The river continuously flows to the sea, it will never pause to let us cross on dry land.
  • She drove continuously for two hours.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

at every point

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The function is continuously differentiable

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

with unflagging resolve

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: endlessly, ceaselessly, incessantly, unceasingly, unendingly

Antonyms: none provided

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: باستمرار (bistimrār) — without pause
  • Armenian: անդուլ (andul) — without pause
  • Armenian: անընդհատ (anəndhat) — without pause
  • Armenian: շարունակ (šarunak) — without pause
  • Armenian: անընդմեջ (anəndmeǰ) — without pause
  • Assamese: একেলেথাৰিয়ে (ekeletharie) — without pause
  • Catalan: contínuament — without pause
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不斷 /不断 (bùduàn) — without pause
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一直 (yīzhí) — without pause
  • Danish: kontinuerligt — without pause
  • Dutch: continu — without pause
  • Esperanto: senĉese — without pause
  • Finnish: jatkuvasti — without pause
  • Finnish: tauotta — without pause
  • French: continuellement — without pause
  • Galician: continuamente — without pause
  • Galician: continuadamente — without pause
  • Galician: arreo — without pause
  • German: ständig — without pause
  • German: ununterbrochen — without pause
  • German: andauernd — without pause
  • German: kontinuierlich — without pause
  • Ancient Greek: διαμπερές (diamperés) — without pause
  • Ancient Greek: συνεχῶς (sunekhôs) — without pause
  • Hindi: लगातार (lagātār) — without pause
  • Hindi: निरंतर (nirantar) — without pause
  • Hungarian: folyamatosan — without pause
  • Hungarian: folytonosan — without pause
  • Ingrian: yhtäperrää — without pause
  • Italian: continuamente — without pause
  • Italian: costantemente — without pause
  • Japanese: 連続的に (renzokuteki-ni) — without pause
  • Kabuverdianu: afiu — without pause
  • Kazakh: ұдайы (ūdaiy) — without pause
  • Kazakh: үзбей (üzbei) — without pause
  • Korean: 계속 (gyesok) — without pause
  • Korean: 연달아 (yeondara) — without pause
  • Latin: perpetuē — without pause
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kontinuerlig — without pause
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kontinuerleg — without pause
  • Ojibwe: aabda — without pause
  • Polish: nieprzerwanie — without pause
  • Polish: ciągle — without pause
  • Portuguese: continuamente — without pause
  • Romanian: încontinuu — without pause
  • Romanian: perpetuu — without pause
  • Romanian: continuu — without pause
  • Romanian: fără pauză — without pause
  • Romanian: neîntrerupt — without pause
  • Russian: непреры́вно (neprerývno) — without pause
  • Russian: постоя́нно (postojánno) — without pause
  • Scottish Gaelic: gu sìor — without pause
  • Spanish: continuadamente — without pause
  • Spanish: continuamente — without pause
  • Spanish: de continuo — without pause
  • Swedish: kontinuerligt — without pause
  • Tamil: தொடர்ந்து (toṭarntu) — without pause
  • Turkish: durmadan — without pause
  • Yiddish: כּסדר (keseyder) — without pause
Real reading context

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