continuously

/kənˈtɪn.ju.əs.li/

adverbcon · tin · u · ous · ly

Think: "Continue + -ously + -ly" — if you can spell CONTINUE, you can build con-tin-u-ous-ly.

Yes, it's continuously. Don’t drop the second “u”: it’s contin-u-ous-ly (…u + ous + ly), not contin-ous-ly.

Definitions

  1. adverbWithout stopping; in an unbroken way.
  2. adverbRepeatedly over time with no significant gaps.

Examples

  • “The fan ran continuously all night to keep the room cool.”
  • “She monitored the patient continuously during the procedure.”
  • “The app updates continuously in the background.”

Synonyms

constantlycontinuallyincessantlyuninterruptedlysteadily

Antonyms

intermittentlysporadicallyoccasionally

Translations

ES continuamentePT continuamenteFR continuellement

Common misspellings

continuslycontinuaslycontineouslycontinouslycontiniouslycontinuoslycontinousely

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