continuously

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
22
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/kənˈtɪnjuəsli/

Definition of continuously

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (not-comparable)Without pause.
    “The river continuously flows to the sea, it will never pause to let us cross on dry land.”
    “In the year 1633, the Bridget Nuns, near Xanthus, behaved like sheep, jumping about and bleating continuously.”
    “George C. Edler (1889-1987) of Bethesda, MD kept a handwritten diary continuously from 20 Sep 1909, a total of 78 years.”
    “"We continuously strive to improve our processes and indeed have updated our systems accordingly. Ultimately, however, it is for the student to make a proper declaration to SLC [Student Loans Company]^([sic]) to draw down funding," LSST said in a statement.”

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Etymology

From continuous + -ly.

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