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Repeatedly Common

Repeatedly has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adverb

Definitions
Adverb
1

several time

"it must be washed repeatedly"

2

Done several times or in repetition.

"The bird repeatedly landed on the wire, adjusting its feathers each time before taking flight again."

In plain English: Repeatedly means doing something over and over again many times.

"She repeatedly checked her phone to see if he had called."

Example Sentences
"She repeatedly checked her phone to see if he had called." adv
"She repeatedly asked for water until she finally received it." adv
"The bird repeatedly flew over the roof before landing in the garden." adv
"He repeatedly forgot his keys and had to call me every morning." adv
See Also
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Related Terms

Origin

The word repeatedly is formed by adding the suffix "-ly" to the adjective repeated. This construction simply turns the base meaning of doing something again into an adverb describing how frequently that action occurs.

Rhyming Words
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