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

From the beginning of Hugo Chávez’s tenure in 2007 to the capture of Maduro in January, the oil-rich Venezuelan government was constantly at odds with Washington. —Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026

Inside every electric motor, from those found in electric toothbrushes to those in electric vehicles, a rotating component (the rotor) spins within a stationary part (the stator), creating a constantly changing magnetic field. —Etiido Uko march 17, New Atlas, 17 Mar. 2026

In relation to this, Close referenced a mantra assistant coach Tasha Brown constantly preaches. —Aaron Heisen, Oc Register, 16 Mar. 2026

For a roster that’s constantly being reshaped by absences, production like that is meaningful, because those minutes have to come from somewhere. —C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1