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

Despite some criticism directed at her mother in the comments, Allie says the exchange reflects a woman constantly juggling responsibilities rather than someone intentionally being difficult. —Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026

People are constantly trying to belittle you. —Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 3 June 2026

Cloud-Native Startup Grows Quickly Startups operating across multiple cloud services face constantly changing attack surfaces. —William Jones, USA Today, 3 June 2026

How to stop constantly looking forward at an uncertain tomorrow, at least momentarily, and go back in time precisely when we’re told that history is over? —Jonathan Odden, Artforum, 2 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1