constantly

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   without interruption

   the world is constantly changing

2. 2
   adv

   without variation or change, in every case

   constantly kind and gracious

3. 3
   adv

   With steadfastness; with resolve; in loyalty, faithfully.

   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.

4. 4
   adv

   In a constant manner; occurring continuously; persistently.

   For most people, this sacrifice is made easily and instinctively. Not so for otroverts, who are neither willing nor able to passively adopt the social scripts that others do. To the otrovert, who is constantly engaged with the choices and consequences of their individual life, social norms follow a circular logic: […]

5. 5
   adv

   Recurring regularly.

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

6. 6
   adv

   In an unchangeable or invariable manner; in every case.

Etymology

From constant + -ly. Displaced native Old English singallīċe.