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单词 constantly
释义

constantly

adverb

con·​stant·​ly ˈkän(t)-stənt-lē How to pronounce constantly (audio)
1
: without variation, deviation, or change : always
constantly on the alert
constantly improving
a temperature that's constantly maintained
… the fear of the sea was constantly in my mind, battling with the fear of my companions. Robert Louis Stevenson
2
: with regular occurrence : incessantly
constantly complaining
After all, Val doesn't let him get a lick of rest and is constantly bugging him to play with her. Ryan D. Wilson
All my traveling life, 40 years of peregrinating Africa, Asia, South America and Oceania, I have thought constantly of home—and especially of the America I had never seen. Paul Theroux

Synonyms

  • again and again
  • continually
  • frequently
  • hourly
  • much
  • oft
  • often
  • oftentimes
  • ofttimes
  • over and over
  • repeatedly
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Word History

First Known Use

1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1

constantly

adverb

1
as in often
many times a crackpot who constantly wrote angry letters to the local newspaper

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • often
  • repeatedly
  • frequently
  • continually
  • always
  • regularly
  • continuously
  • consistently
  • again
  • a lot
  • oftentimes
  • oft
  • time and again
  • hourly
  • time after time
  • routinely
  • much
  • again and again
  • perpetually
  • periodically
  • unceasingly
  • ofttimes
  • usually
  • commonly
  • habitually
  • uninterruptedly
  • over and over
  • continuingly
  • intermittently
  • generally
  • ordinarily
  • anew
  • afresh
  • recurrently
  • night and day

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • rarely
  • seldom
  • occasionally
  • sometimes
  • infrequently
  • now
  • never
  • sporadically
  • little
  • once
  • now and then
  • ne'er
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2
as in continually
on every relevant occasion stay constantly on guard until the danger of forest fire is past

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • continually
  • always
  • consistently
  • invariably
  • often
  • continuously
  • usually
  • incessantly
  • frequently
  • perpetually
  • repeatedly
  • forever
  • unfailingly
  • normally
  • at every turn
  • ay
  • ever
  • commonly
  • regularly
  • routinely
  • typically
  • generally
  • aye
  • steadily
  • habitually
  • inevitably
  • oftentimes
  • oft
  • unremittingly
  • night and day
  • uninterruptedly
  • recurrently
  • ordinarily
  • dependably
  • ofttimes
  • eternally
  • everlastingly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • never
  • occasionally
  • sometimes
  • periodically
  • intermittently
  • rarely
  • seldom
  • infrequently
  • sporadically
  • unusually
  • ne'er
  • variously
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