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Webster 1913 Edition
Constantly
Con′stant-ly
,adv.
With constancy; steadily; continually; perseveringly; without cessation; uniformly.
But she
constantly
affirmed that it was even so. Acts. xii. 15.
Webster 1828 Edition
Constantly
CONSTANTLY
,adv.
Rhoda constantly affirmed that it was even so. Acts 12.
These things I will that thou affirm constantly. Titus 3.
Definition 2024
constantly
constantly
English
Alternative forms
- constantlie
- constauntly
Adverb
constantly (comparative more constantly, superlative most constantly)
- (archaic) With steadfastness; with resolve; in loyalty, faithfully.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.iv.1:
- Agrippa and the rest of his weeping friends earnestly besought him […] not to offer violence unto himself, ‘with a settled resolution he desired again they would approve of his good intent, and not seek to dehort him from it’; and so constantly died.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.iv.1:
- In a constant manner; occurring continuously; persistently.
- (frequency) Recurring regularly.
- I find that I am constantly reminding you to feed your pets.
- In an unchangeable or invariable manner; in every case.
Related terms
Translations
obsolete: with steadfastness, in loyalty
in a constant manner
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recurring regularly
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in an invariable manner
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References
- constantly in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- constantly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913