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CONSTANTLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Without interruption
Example:
the world is constantly changing
Synonyms:
always; constantly; forever; incessantly; perpetually
Classified under:
Pertainym:
constant (uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Without variation or change, in every case
Example:
he always arrives on time
Synonyms:
always; constantly; invariably
Classified under:
Pertainym:
constant (unvarying in nature)
Context examples:
Hansel, however, had not been looking back at the cat, but had been constantly throwing one of the white pebble-stones out of his pocket on the road.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
The motions of the sun’s plasma constantly twist and tangle solar magnetic fields . Twisted magnetic fields can lead to solar storms that can negatively affect our technology-dependent modern lifestyles.
(Newest solar telescope produces first images, National Science Foundation)
Creating and maintaining successful conservation policy means constantly looking for breakdowns in the system.
(Belly up to the bamboo buffet: Pandas vs. horses, NSF)
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured images of both events.
(Two Significant Solar Flares Imaged by NASA's SDO, NASA)
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, which watches the sun constantly, captured an image of the event.
(Solar Dynamics Observatory Captures Images of a Mid-Level Solar Flare, NASA)
The differentiation of keratinocytes constantly replenishes the upper layers of human skin we lose each day.
(Calcineurin Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
They are living tissues that rebuild constantly throughout your life.
(Bone Diseases, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
Blood cells constantly die and your body makes new ones.
(Blood, NIH)
He even went out of his way to bully Buck, striving constantly to start the fight which could end only in the death of one or the other.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
The young man was constantly employed out of doors, and the girl in various laborious occupations within.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
