continually

In regular or repeated succession; very often.

Adverb

  1. In regular or repeated succession; very often.
    • Guatemalan snowpea production has continually been harmed by insect and disease infestations. - 2007, George W. Norton, E. A. Heinrichs, Gregory C. Luther, Globalizing Integrated Pest Management: A Participatory...
  2. In a continuous manner; non-stop.

Origin

Etymology tree English continual Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English continually From continual + -ly.

Forms

more continually most continually

Synonyms

time and again little by little momently at every turn sequentially ceaselessly incessantly nonstop

Derived

itinually