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

Everybody around me loved that music, so that was the music that was kind of constantly playing in our house type of thing. —Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026

These dogs lived with hunter-gatherer humans who were constantly on the move. —Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026

The work can also be physically taxing, and staying ahead requires constantly honing your skills. —Preston Fore, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026

Characters are constantly zipping through the two-story rotating set, from classroom to kitchen to banquet hall, inhabiting their stories in alternating snippets. —Justin Davidson, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1