constantly

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Scrabble points
15
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18
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈkɒnstəntli/(UK)
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/ˈkɒnstəntli/(UK) · /ˈkɑnstənʔli/(US)

Definition of constantly

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (archaic)With steadfastness; with resolve; in loyalty, faithfully.
    “Agrippa and the rest of his weeping friends earnestly besought him […] not to offer violence unto himself, ‘with a settled resolution he desired again they would approve of his good intent, and not seek to dehort him from it’; and so constantly died.”
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adv

  1. (archaic)With steadfastness; with resolve; in loyalty, faithfully.
    “Agrippa and the rest of his weeping friends earnestly besought him […] not to offer violence unto himself, ‘with a settled resolution he desired again they would approve of his good intent, and not seek to dehort him from it’; and so constantly died.”
  2. In a constant manner; occurring continuously; persistently.
    “For most people, this sacrifice is made easily and instinctively. Not so for otroverts, who are neither willing nor able to passively adopt the social scripts that others do. To the otrovert, who is constantly engaged with the choices and consequences of their individual life, social norms follow a circular logic: […]”
  3. Recurring regularly.
    “I find that I am constantly reminding you to feed your pets.”
    “Japanese retail stores have strove to, and have succeeded in, fulfilling these severe demands, and in doing so, have constantly had to innovate both technologically and institutionally in order to keep up with the competition.”
  4. In an unchangeable or invariable manner; in every case.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From constant + -ly. Displaced native Old English singallīċe.

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