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Continuously Common

Continuously has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adverb

Definitions
Adverb
1

at every point

"The function is continuously differentiable"

2

with unflagging resolve

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

3

Without pause.

"The rain fell continuously throughout the night without any break."

Related Terms

Origin

The word continuously is formed by adding the suffix -ly to continuous. It entered English as a straightforward modification of an existing adjective rather than through borrowing from another language.

Rhyming Words
sly wisly srsly on sly measly grisly thusly horsly massly crossly bogusly piously grossly pressly crassly kingsly needsly joyously diversly fumously
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