continually

adverb

con·​tin·​u·​al·​ly kən-ˈtin-yü-ə-lē 

-yə-lē

: in a continual manner : without stopping or interruption

a security system that runs continually

We had endured a series of dark, gloomy, winter days, during which the sun had been continually hidden behind dense, rain clouds.

—George Thatcher

… I was too thoroughly swept away by this richly imagined and continually surprising novel to be concerned with cute comparisons.

—Edan Lepucki

They bickered continually, ignoring me as I worked around them.

—Paula Fox

: in a constantly repeated manner : over and over

being interrupted continually

She would write. I would read and edit, and sometimes shift the wordings, or change phrases or delete things. We would continually refine what was written.

—Herbie Hancock

Synonyms

• constantly
• often
• repeatedly
• frequently

Examples of continually in a Sentence

grew up in a time when children were continually being told to mind their manners

the computer program continually updates the file with new information

Recent Examples on the Web

Ukrainian officials, meanwhile, are continually urging the White House to deliver on its threat of new sanctions on Moscow. —Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025

Recognizing that nefarious actors using deepfakes will continually look for workarounds to evade detection, the security community is in for an ongoing battle to make sure detection methods keep pace with the evolving range of deepfake methods. —Chris Dimitriadis, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025

As a baby boomer and an amateur genealogist, I am continually frustrated by the lack of interest my grandchildren’s generation seems to have in learning about their family history — particularly mine. —Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025

And in a scorching June 22 piece on generative AI, Oliver continually brought the argument back to a fundamental but often overlooked human issue with the industry. —Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Middle English contynuely, from continuel continual + -ly -ly entry 2

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above