continually

From continual +‎ -ly.

• IPA^(key): /kənˈtɪnjuəli/, /kənˈtɪnjəli/

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• Hyphenation: con‧tin‧u‧al‧ly

continually (comparative more continually, superlative most continually)

1. In a continual manner; non-stop.
2. In regular or repeated succession; very often.
   • 2007, George W. Norton, E. A. Heinrichs, Gregory C. Luther, Globalizing Integrated Pest Management: A Participatory Research Process, page 87:

     Guatemalan snowpea production has continually been harmed by insect and disease infestations.

• (in a continual manner): ceaselessly, incessantly, nonstop; see also Thesaurus:continuously
• (in regular or repeated succession): by degrees, little by little, momently; see also Thesaurus:gradually or Thesaurus:sequentially

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “continually”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “continually”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.