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Definition: Continually |
ContinuallyAdverb1. Seemingly without interruption; "complained continually that there wasn't enough money". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "continually" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonym: ContinuallySynonym: forever. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Frequency | Erpetually, continually, constantly, incessantly, without ceasing, at all times, daily and hourly, night and day, day and night, day after day, morning noon and night, ever anon, invariably (habit). |
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Screenplays | Why continually repeat this cycle? (Kkaku kidtai; writing credit: Kazunori It; Masamune Shirow) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | In rear areas, the engineers work continually to construct, maintain, and improve semipermanent housing for troops and supplies. This building is being built by the 76th Engineer Construction Battalion in Pusan, Korea. South Korean civilians are employed. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Augusto Roa Bastos | The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing. |
Claudius Claudianus | He who strikes terror in others is himself continually in fear. |
Henry David Thoreau | The volatile truth of our words should continually betray the inadequacy of the residual statement. |
Heraclitus | You cannot step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing on. |
Jean De La Fontaine | Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them. |
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe | The phrases that men hear or repeat continually, end by becoming convictions and ossify the organs of intelligence. |
Mandell Creighton | The real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions. |
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Communist Manifesto | 1848 | All property relations in the past have continually been subject to historical change consequent upon the change in historical conditions. (reference) |
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about human beings was their habit of continually stating and repeating the obvious, as in It's a nice day, or You're very tall, or Oh dear you seem to have fallen down a thirty-foot well, are you all right? |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | She broke continually into shouts of a wild, inarticulate, and sometimes piercing music. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The poor cannot go to the end of their chamber or to the end of their destiny, but by bending continually more and more. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Shame covered him wholly like fine glowing ashes falling continually. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | From these basins the water is continually exhaled by the sun in the daytime, which effectually prevents their overflowing. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Next to us the grandest laws are continually being executed. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Researchers are continually improving MRI and other brain scans. (references) | |
In healthy adults, bone tissue is continually being remodeled and rebuilt. (references) | ||
The database is updated regularly, so clinical trials are continually being added. (references) | ||
Business | The European business environment is continually evolving. (references) | |
The franchising industry is continually becoming a popular distribution and marketing expansion mechanism. (references) | ||
The studies are continually updated to ensure that the reports have the most relevant information available. (references) | ||
Economic History | Brunei Darussalam | Work permits for foreigners are issued only for short periods and must be continually renewed. (references) |
Ireland | These firms are continually seeking new and innovative products to launch on the Irish market. (references) | |
Botswana | All labor laws are continually being reviewed to ensure that the development of harmonious labor relations is not impeded. (references) | |
Human Rights | Pakistan | Because of its past links to violent groups, the MQM-Altaf has antagonized followers, suffered violent breakaways, and continually been at odds with successive governments. (references) |
Zimbabwe | The agents detained Javachava for 2 nights, continually beat him, and questioned him about Pfebve, who filed a lawsuit against President Mugabe in a foreign country for sponsoring political violence. (references) | |
Belize | Conditions at the Hattieville Department of Corrections--the country's only prison--have deteriorated continually since it opened in 1993. Although designed to house 500 inmates, it housed 873 male inmates and 30 female inmates, resulting in significant overcrowding. (references) | |
Political Economy | ROMANIA | The continually changing legal regime for investment and privatization, however, forms a significant obstacle to investment. (references) |
Burma | It continually harassed and often arrested NLD members and supporters, and still has over 1,500 Burmese in prison for their political activities. (references) | |
Egypt | Multinational exercises, U.S. assistance to Egypt's military modernization program (valued at $1.3 billion annually), and Egypt's role as a contributor to various UN peacekeeping operations continually reinforces the U.S.-Egyptian military relationship. (references) | |
Trade | Ukraine | The Ukrainian tax system has evolved continually since Ukraine's independence. (references) |
Travel | Czech Rep | All Americans are advised to be continually aware of their surroundings and be alert to suspicious activities or individuals. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | PAST, n. That part of Eternity with some small fraction of which we have a slight and regrettable acquaintance. A moving line called the Present parts it from an imaginary period known as the Future. These two grand divisions of Eternity, of which the one is continually effacing the other, are entirely unlike. The one is dark with sorrow and disappointment, the other bright with prosperity and joy. The Past is the region of sobs, the Future is the realm of song. In the one crouches Memory, clad in sackcloth and ashes, mumbling penitential prayer; in the sunshine of the other Hope flies with a free wing, beckoning to temples of success and bowers of ease. Yet the Past is the Future of yesterday, the Future is the Past of to-morrow. They are one -- the knowledge and the dream. |
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Samantha Geimer | I mean, I just felt forced to continually tell this story. I was just so angry about it. It was like wasn't what happened bad enough, now we've got to go through it every single day of my life. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Sanctioned by your approving voice and by that of your representatives in both Houses of Congress, the spirit of that measure has continually governed me, uninfluenced by any attempts to deter or divert me from it. |
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| "Continually" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.92% of the time. "Continually" is used about 1,329 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 99.92% | 1,328 | 5,980 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.08% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,329 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "continually": prod continually ♦ wear continually. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
continually evaluate performance satisfaction user vendor | 3 |
continually home reboots xp | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "continually"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | permanent (abiding, constant, constantly, continual, continuous, continuously, lasting, permanent, sustained). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vijimisht, vazhdimisht (again and again, ceaselessly, constantly, continuously, incessantly, non-stop, repeatedly, unceasingly, uninterruptedly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catalan | sempre (constantly, continuously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 连续地 (sequentially, serially, successively). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ustaviènì (constantly, incessantly), neustale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kontinuerligt armeret beton (continually reinforced concrete, continuously reinforced concrete). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | permanent (constantly, continuously, perennial, permanent), aldoor (all the time, ceaselessly, constantly, continuously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | daŭre (constantly, continuously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | yhtämittaa (constantly), yhäti (ever, perpetually), yhä (ever, still), taukoamatta (without a break, without stopping), jatkuvasti (continuously, without interruption), alinomaa (constantly, perpetually). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | continuellement (constantly, continuously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | aloan (all the time, ceaselessly, constantly, continuously), algeduerigen (all the time, ceaselessly, constantly, continuously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | fortgesetzt (continued, continuing, continuously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συνεχώσ (consecutively, constantly, continuously), διαρκώσ (always, perennially, perpetually, steadily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תמי" (always, constantly, ever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | folyamatosan (constantly, hourly, on end, seriatim, solidly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | terus-terusan (keep going on, on and on), terus-menerus (keep going on). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | continuamente (away, continuously, ever, evermore, hourly, non-stop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 引っ切り無し (continuously, incessantly), 不断 (constant, constantly, persistent, unremitting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ひっきりなし (continuously, incessantly), ふ " (always, constant, constantly, habitually, ordinarily, persistent, unremitting, usually). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 연속 으로 (Consecutively, subsequently). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | sheer dy sheer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ontinuallycay continuamente (around-the-clock, ceaselessly, constantly, continuously, day-and-night, hourly, night and day, round-the-clock). (various references) continuu (ceaseless, continual, continuous, continuously, hourly, incessant, perpetual, running, sustained, unbroken, unceasing, uninterrupted, unremitting), totdeauna (always, aye, ever), repetat (frequent, iterative, persistent, persistently, repeat, repeatedly, twice), neîncetat (ceaseless, ceaselessly, continual, continuous, endless, incessant, invariably, never ending, never-ceasing, relentless, restlessly, sabbathless, unbroken, unceasing, unending, unremitting), mereu (again and again, all along, always, ceaselessly, constantly, continuously, eternally, ever, ever after, invariably, permanently, right along, still). (various references) daonnan , daondan. (various references) stalno (constantly, continuously, permanently, steadily), neprekidno (constantly, continuously, end: on end, incessantly, seriatim). (various references) siempre (always, aye, constantly, continuously, each time, ever, forever), continuamente (all the time, ceaselessly, constantly, continuously, incessantly, persistently). (various references) oavbrutet, ideligen. (various references) sürekli olarak (continuously, evermore, in ordinary, incessantly, invariably, on), durmadan (away, continual, continuously, forever, night and day, non-stop, on, on and on, on end, repeatedly, without cease). (various references) durdugyзa (gradually), dura-bara (gradually). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adsidue, constanter, jugiter, perpetuo. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | ... stôi. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 6, Verse 21 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Afayai de autouV epi sh yuch dia pantoV kai egkloiwsai epi sw trachlw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Liga ea in corde tuo iugiter et circumda gutturi tuo |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Bind hem bisili in thin herte; and enuyroune to thi throte. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Bind them continually upon thy heart, and tie them about thy neck. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Keep them ever folded in your heart, and have them hanging round your neck. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 6, Verse 21 |
| Cebuano | Bugkuson mo sila kanunay sa imong kasingkasing; Ibaligtos sila sa imong liog. |
| Croatian | Priveži ih sebi na srce zauvijek, ovij ih oko svoga grla; |
| Danish | bind dem altid på dit Hjerte, knyt dem fast om din Hals; |
| Dutch | Bind ze steeds aan uw hart, hecht ze aan uw hals. |
| Finnish | Pidä ne aina sydämellesi sidottuina, kääri ne kaulasi ympärille. |
| French | Lie-les constamment sur ton coeur, Attache-les ton cou. |
| German | Binde sie zusammen auf dein Herz allewege und hänge sie an deinen Hals, |
| Hungarian | Kösd azokat szívedre mindenkor, fûzd a nyakadba. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ingatlah selalu kata-kata mereka dan simpanlah itu di dalam hatimu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tambatlah akan dia selalu pada hatimu, dan kenakanlah dia seperti kalung pada lehermu. |
| Italian | Fissali sempre nel tuo cuore, appendili al collo. |
| Maori | Kia mau tonu te takai ki tou ngakau, heia ki tou kaki. |
| Norwegian | Bind dem alltid til ditt hjerte, knytt dem fast om din hals! |
| Portuguese | ata-os perpetuamente ao teu coração, e pendura-os ao teu pescoço. |
| Rumanian | leagq-le necurmat la inimq, atkrnq-le de gkt. |
| Russian | ОБЧСЦЙ ЙИ ОБЧУЕЗ"Б ОБ УЕТ""Е ФЧПЕ, П'ЧСЦЙ ЙНЙ ЫЕА ФЧПА. |
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Misspellings | |
"Continually" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: contentually, continuallu, continuallye, contynuly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "continually" (pronounced kunti"nyuwulē or kunti"nyuwlē) |
| 6 | -n y uw u l ē | annually, manually. |
| 4 | -uw u l ē | conceptually, contractually, factually, gradually, habitually, individually, intellectually, mutually, perpetually, semiannually, sexually, virtually. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, sequentially, serenely, severally, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-l-l-n-n-o-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: continual, inoculant, ontically, tonically. | |
-3 letters: coitally, continua, countian, locality, lunation, nounally, uncially. | |
-4 letters: actinon, acyloin, annuity, anticly, antlion, auction, cannily, cannoli, caution, contain, cullion, inocula, lanolin, linocut, lunatic, nullity, outlain, tonally, uncinal, unction. | |
-5 letters: action, acuity, aliyot, alnico, annuli, anoint, atonic, auntly, cannot, canton, canyon, cation, catlin, citola, clinal, clonal, coital, county, cullay, cyanin. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-l-l-n-n-o-t-u-y" | |
+1 letter: functionally. | |
+3 letters: unromantically. | |
+4 letters: conjugationally, conjunctionally, consequentially, counterrallying, unconditionally. | |
+5 letters: constitutionally, constructionally, unconventionally, unidirectionally. | |
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