constantly

• constantlie
• constauntly

From constant +‎ -ly.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnstəntli/

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constantly (comparative more constantly, superlative most constantly)

1. (archaic) With steadfastness; with resolve; in loyalty, faithfully.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):

     , I.iv.1:

     Agrippa and the rest of his weeping friends earnestly besought him […] not to offer violence unto himself, ‘with a settled resolution he desired again they would approve of his good intent, and not seek to dehort him from it’; and so constantly died.

2. In a constant manner; occurring continuously; persistently.
3. (frequency) Recurring regularly.

   I find that I am constantly reminding you to feed your pets.

4. In an unchangeable or invariable manner; in every case.

• (in a constant manner): ceaselessly, incessantly, nonstop; see also Thesaurus:continuously
• (in an unchangeable or invariable manner): consistently, invariably, uniformly; See also Thesaurus:uniformly

• constant

• constantly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• constantly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.