constantly

adverb

con·​stant·​ly ˈkän(t)-stənt-lē 

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 of constantly

• often
• repeatedly
• frequently
• continually

Examples of constantly in a Sentence

a crackpot who constantly wrote angry letters to the local newspaper

stay constantly on guard until the danger of forest fire is past

Recent Examples on the Web

They are constantly and credibly threatened, their locations and details given out in menacing anonymous messages. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

Why At a time when images are constantly produced and quickly forgotten, this open call invites artists to create work that resists repetition, holds attention, and makes something felt. — Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026

Throughout Friday, choppers took off and landing constantly from the Trishuli barracks. — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

The constantly changing present moment is no more than a dividing line between past and future and so does not have a tangible existence of its own. — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1