continently

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continently

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From continent + -ly.

adverb more continently · most continently

  1. In a continent, chaste, moderate manner All this time your humble correspondent was continently waiting in the grand corridor leading from the Commons to the Lords, which, however, is by far the best place for the curious spectator at this stage of the proceedings.

    Similar: chastely, moderately, temperately, becomingly, continently, correctly, decently, decorously, deservingly, dutifully, duteously, meritoriously

  2. continuously A violent explosion shook the air, and a spout of water, steam, mud, and shattered metal shot far up into the sky. As the camera of the Heat-Ray hit the water, the latter had continently flashed into steam. In another moment a huge wave, like a muddy tidal bore, but almost scaldingly hot, came sweep

    Similar: constantly, persistently, unremittingly, ceaselessly, consecutively, continently, continually, continuously, endlessly, eternally, ever, everlastingly

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@misc{continently_2026,
  title = {continently},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/continently},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}