"constantly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈkɒnstəntli/ [UK], /ˈkɑnstənʔli/ [US] Audio: en-us-constantly.ogg [US] Forms: more constantly [comparative], most constantly [superlative]
Etymology: From constant + -ly. Displaced native Old English singallīċe. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|constant|ly}} constant + -ly, {{ncog|ang|singallīċe}} Old English singallīċe Head templates: {{en-adv}} constantly (comparative more constantly, superlative most constantly)
  1. (archaic) With steadfastness; with resolve; in loyalty, faithfully. Tags: archaic Translations (obsolete: with steadfastness, in loyalty): ininterrottamente (Italian)
    Sense id: en-constantly-en-adv-oBW3U4nz Disambiguation of 'obsolete: with steadfastness, in loyalty': 87 6 1 6
  2. In a constant manner; occurring continuously; persistently. Synonyms (in a constant manner): ceaselessly Translations (in a constant manner): βεβαίως (bebaíōs) (Ancient Greek), անընդհատ (anəndhat) (Armenian), daim (Azerbaijani), постоянно (postojanno) (Bulgarian), constantment (Catalan), konstante (Esperanto), jatkuvasti (Finnish), constamment (French), constantemente (Galician), ständig (German), állandóan (Hungarian), terus-menerus (Indonesian), costantemente (Italian), continuamente (Italian), senza sosta (Italian), 絶えず (tae zu) (alt: たえず) (Japanese), 지속적으로 (jisokjeogeuro) (Korean), constanter (Latin), nuolat (Lithuanian), постојано (postojano) (Macedonian), simle (Old English), singallīċe (Old English), ciągle (Polish), nieustannie (Polish), bezustannie (Polish), constantemente (Portuguese), constant (Romanian), în mod constant (Romanian), постоя́нно (postojánno) (Russian), daonnan (Scottish Gaelic), an còmhnaidh (Scottish Gaelic), constantemente (Spanish), jämt (Swedish), hoài (Vietnamese), hêelsan (West Flemish)
    Sense id: en-constantly-en-adv-4OsTmxbV Categories (other): Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks: 29 38 22 11 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 68 8 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 17 69 8 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 20 65 12 3 Disambiguation of 'in a constant manner': 3 80 0 17 Disambiguation of 'in a constant manner': 3 80 0 17
  3. (frequency) Recurring regularly. Translations (recurring regularly): συνεχῶς (sunekhôs) (Ancient Greek), անընդհատ (anəndhat) (Armenian), daim (Azerbaijani), редовно (redovno) (Bulgarian), constantment (Catalan), senĉese (Esperanto), jatkuvasti (Finnish), säännöllisesti (Finnish), constamment (French), en boucle (French), regelmäßig (German), állandóan (Hungarian), costantemente (Italian), periodicamente (Italian), постојано (postojano) (Macedonian), bezustannie (Polish), constantemente (Portuguese), regulat (Romanian), daonnan (Scottish Gaelic), an còmhnaidh (Scottish Gaelic), hoài (Vietnamese), hêelsan (West Flemish)
    Sense id: en-constantly-en-adv-JNOhaper Disambiguation of 'recurring regularly': 2 2 95 1
  4. In an unchangeable or invariable manner; in every case. Synonyms (in an unchangeable or invariable manner): consistently Translations (in an invariable manner): постоянно (postojanno) (Bulgarian), constantment (Catalan), vakaasti (Finnish), tasaisesti (Finnish), constamment (French), konstant (German), costantemente (Italian), sempre (Italian), постојано (postojano) (Macedonian), constantemente (Portuguese), constant (Romanian), invariabil (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-constantly-en-adv-OGkPI3S3 Disambiguation of 'in an unchangeable or invariable manner': 3 15 1 82 Disambiguation of 'in an invariable manner': 6 35 2 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: incessantly, nonstop, continuously, invariably, uniformly, constantliel, constauntly [obsolete]

Alternative forms

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          "text": "I find that I am constantly reminding you to feed your pets."
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          "ref": "2013 February 6, Hideo Otake, “Revising the Interpretation of the Japanese Economy”, in Michio Muramatsu, Frieder Naschold, editors, State and Administration in Japan and Germany: A Comparative Perspective on Continuity and Change, page 319",
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        "(frequency) Recurring regularly."
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          "_dis1": "2 2 95 1",
          "code": "hy",
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          "code": "de",
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          "code": "grc",
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          "_dis1": "2 2 95 1",
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          "word": "sempre"
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          "roman": "postojano",
          "sense": "in an invariable manner",
          "word": "постојано"
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "text": "Agrippa and the rest of his weeping friends earnestly besought him […] not to offer violence unto himself, ‘with a settled resolution he desired again they would approve of his good intent, and not seek to dehort him from it’; and so constantly died."
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        {
          "text": "I find that I am constantly reminding you to feed your pets."
        },
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          "ref": "2013 February 6, Hideo Otake, “Revising the Interpretation of the Japanese Economy”, in Michio Muramatsu, Frieder Naschold, editors, State and Administration in Japan and Germany: A Comparative Perspective on Continuity and Change, page 319",
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        "(frequency) Recurring regularly."
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      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "ceaselessly"
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      "word": "incessantly"
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    {
      "word": "nonstop"
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    {
      "word": "continuously"
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      "sense": "in an unchangeable or invariable manner",
      "word": "consistently"
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    {
      "word": "invariably"
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    {
      "word": "uniformly"
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      "word": "constantliel"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "obsolete: with steadfastness, in loyalty",
      "word": "ininterrottamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "anəndhat",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "անընդհատ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "daim"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "postojanno",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "постоянно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "constantment"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "konstante"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "jatkuvasti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "constamment"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "constantemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "ständig"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "bebaíōs",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "βεβαίως"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "állandóan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "terus-menerus"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "costantemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "continuamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "senza sosta"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たえず",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tae zu",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "絶えず"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jisokjeogeuro",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "지속적으로"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "constanter"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "nuolat"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "postojano",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "постојано"
    },
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      "code": "ang",
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      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "simle"
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    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "singallīċe"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "ciągle"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "nieustannie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "bezustannie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "constantemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "constant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "în mod constant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "postojánno",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "постоя́нно"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "daonnan"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "an còmhnaidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "constantemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "jämt"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "hoài"
    },
    {
      "code": "vls",
      "lang": "West Flemish",
      "sense": "in a constant manner",
      "word": "hêelsan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "anəndhat",
      "sense": "recurring regularly",
      "word": "անընդհատ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "recurring regularly",
      "word": "daim"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "redovno",
      "sense": "recurring regularly",
      "word": "редовно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "recurring regularly",
      "word": "constantment"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "recurring regularly",
      "word": "senĉese"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "recurring regularly",
      "word": "jatkuvasti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "recurring regularly",
      "word": "säännöllisesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "recurring regularly",
      "word": "constamment"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "recurring regularly",
      "word": "en boucle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "recurring regularly",
      "word": "regelmäßig"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "sunekhôs",
      "sense": "recurring regularly",
      "word": "συνεχῶς"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "recurring regularly",
      "word": "állandóan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "recurring regularly",
      "word": "costantemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "recurring regularly",
      "word": "periodicamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "postojano",
      "sense": "recurring regularly",
      "word": "постојано"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "recurring regularly",
      "word": "bezustannie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "recurring regularly",
      "word": "constantemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "recurring regularly",
      "word": "regulat"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "recurring regularly",
      "word": "daonnan"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "recurring regularly",
      "word": "an còmhnaidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "recurring regularly",
      "word": "hoài"
    },
    {
      "code": "vls",
      "lang": "West Flemish",
      "sense": "recurring regularly",
      "word": "hêelsan"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "postojanno",
      "sense": "in an invariable manner",
      "word": "постоянно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "in an invariable manner",
      "word": "constantment"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in an invariable manner",
      "word": "vakaasti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in an invariable manner",
      "word": "tasaisesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in an invariable manner",
      "word": "constamment"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in an invariable manner",
      "word": "konstant"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in an invariable manner",
      "word": "costantemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in an invariable manner",
      "word": "sempre"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "postojano",
      "sense": "in an invariable manner",
      "word": "постојано"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in an invariable manner",
      "word": "constantemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in an invariable manner",
      "word": "constant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in an invariable manner",
      "word": "invariabil"
    }
  ],
  "word": "constantly"
}

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