again and again

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again and again

adverb

not comparable Repeatedly. The offending train ahead proved to be the 9.30 a.m. from Waterloo, which after Southampton checked us again and again until at last we passed it, headed by 4-6-0 No. 30850, Lord Nelson, standing shamefacedly in the loop at Pokesdown.
Similar: over and over, over and over again, time and again

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adv repeatedly

Español	una y otra vez
日本語	何度も nando-mo
中文	反復 /反复 fǎnfù
Português	o tempo inteiro
Français	encore et encore
Deutsch	immer wieder
Italiano	ripetutamente, continuamente, più e più volte
Română	din nou și din nou, iar și iar
Русский	сно́ва и сно́ва snóva i snóva, па́ки и па́ки páki i páki
العربية	مِرَارًا وَتِكْرَارًا mirāran wa-tikrāran

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@misc{again_and_again_2026,
  title = {again and again},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/again%20and%20again},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}