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

• often
• repeatedly
• frequently
• continually
• always

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

Some are technological, such as the need to constantly create more efficient batteries and durable materials to support increasingly advanced models and use cases. —Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025

The incident's central command constantly receives progress reports from firefighters on the ground. —Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2025

At other moments in the evening — which included immersive video projections, star Q&As, dance sequences, an a cappella rendition of the Squid Game theme, and the crowd constantly going nuts — the celebration had the air of a raucous music festival. —Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2025

The outermost electron shell constantly seeks stability by filling to its capacity. —Laura Poppick, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1