continuously

adverb

con·​tin·​u·​ous·​ly kən-ˈtin-yü-əs-lē 

: in a continuous manner : without interruption

a business that has been operating continuously for more than 50 years

a monitoring system that runs continuously

one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world

The pressure was building slowly and continuously for several hours.

Editors are continuously updating the dictionary.

Sauté slowly, about 5 minutes, stirring continuously.

—Owen Dugan

Examples of continuously in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This article is being continuously updated. —Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025

The future of education will not be about teaching students what to learn, but preparing them how to learn—continuously, adaptively, and across disciplines. —Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025

Finding themes where characters can continuously engage and undermine one another in this way, as a kind of contrasting ideal, is the most gratifying thing to me as a creator. —Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025

Volvo’s new Superset technology stack ensures the ES90 can continuously improve through over-the-air updates. —New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2025

Word History

Etymology

continuous + -ly entry 2

First Known Use

1663, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for continuously

• discontinuously