"continually" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /kənˈtɪnjuəli/, /kənˈtɪnjəli/ Audio: en-us-continually.ogg [US] Forms: more continually [comparative], most continually [superlative]
Etymology: continual + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|continual|ly}} continual + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} continually (comparative more continually, superlative most continually)
  1. In a continual manner; non-stop. Categories (topical): Time Synonyms (in a continual manner): ceaselessly Translations (in a continuous manner): συνεχῶς (sunekhôs) (Ancient Greek), عمال (ʕammāl) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), continuadament (Catalan), senĉese (Esperanto), jatkuvasti (Finnish), ständig (German), andauernd [colloquial] (German), עוד (od) (Hebrew), folyamatosan (Hungarian), de ghréas (Irish), 絶え間なく (taemanaku) (Japanese), iūgiter (Latin), assiduē (Latin), continnuellement (Norman), eegol (Plautdietsch), continuamente (Portuguese), непреры́вно (neprerývno) (Russian), daonnan (Scottish Gaelic), an còmhnaidh (Scottish Gaelic), gu sìor (Scottish Gaelic), continuadamente (Spanish), continuamente (Spanish), ṣek (Tocharian B), tofer (Walloon), toltins (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-continually-en-adv-AnxNH2wy Disambiguation of Time: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'in a continual manner': 96 4 Disambiguation of 'in a continuous manner': 87 13
  2. In regular or repeated succession; very often. Categories (topical): Time Synonyms (in regular or repeated succession): by degrees Translations (in regular or repeated succession): immer wieder (German), immerzu (German), bezustannie (Polish)
    Sense id: en-continually-en-adv-SGNVP4MC Disambiguation of Time: 51 49 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: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'in regular or repeated succession': 4 96 Disambiguation of 'in regular or repeated succession': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: incessantly, nonstop, continuously, little by little, momently, gradually, sequentially

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