| Main Entry: |
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| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
constant, incessant |
| Synonyms: |
aeonian, around-the-clock, ceaseless,
connected,
consecutive,
continuous, dateless,
endless,
enduring,
eternal,
everlasting,
frequent,
interminable, oft-repeated,
permanent,
perpetual,
persistent, persisting,
recurrent,
regular,
relentless,
repeated,
repetitive,
running, staying,
steady,
timeless, unbroken, unceasing,
unchanging,
unending, unfailing, unflagging, uninterrupted, unremitting, unvarying, unwaning
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| Notes: |
continually means 'repeatedly, with breaks in between' and continuously means 'without interruption, in an unbroken stream'; continual typically refers to time while continuous can refer to space as well as time |
| Antonyms: |
broken, ceasing, checked, halting, inconstant, infrequent, intermittent, interrupted, occasional, temporary
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