Meaning

2 senses
  1. In regular or repeated succession; very often.

    Hecklers continually interrupted my speech.

    immer wieder, immerzu

  2. (proscribed, sometimes)In a continuous manner; non-stop.

    ständig, andauernd

    непреры́вноneprerývno

More definitions
  • seemingly without interruption

Examples

37 sentences
  1. We continually strive to do better.

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  2. She complained continually that there was no money left.

    ruОна постоянно жаловалась, что не осталось денег.

    deSie beschwerte sich fortwährend, dass kein Geld übrig sei.

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  3. Human beings, whether they realize it or not, continually seek happiness.

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  4. Tom is continually on the go.

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  5. He became bad-tempered, continually criticized his wife's cooking and complained of a pain in his stomach.

    ruОн стал раздражительным, постоянно критиковал жену за то, что она плохо готовит, и жаловался на боль в желудке.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
in a continuous manner:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
in regular or repeated succession:
in a continuous manner:

Forms

more continually, most continually
Comparativemore continually Lesson
Superlativemost continually

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms

Word family

2 related words
Relatedcontinual
Deriveditinually

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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