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

Miss Yvonne insisted on her beauty constantly, unapologetically, nonstop, even when no one asked. —Chris Willman, Variety, 7 May 2026

The field office constantly coördinated with local social-services agencies, hospitals, funeral homes, jails. —E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 7 May 2026

We’re constantly told that the internet highlights our most selfish, divided or angry impulses. —Simon Rogers, CNBC, 6 May 2026

Jeanty was constantly hit in the backfield last season, getting few opportunities to flash his explosiveness. —Sam Warren, New York Times, 6 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1