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

• again and again
• continually
• frequently
• hourly
• much
• oft
• often
• oftentimes
• ofttimes
• over and over
• repeatedly

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

Bucks that seem alert and nervous — look for twitchy ears and a constantly bobbing head — are more likely to detect you movement and are also more likely to duck arrows. —Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024

Whisking constantly, slowly add 1 cup of the hot broth to the egg mixture to temper. —Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 6 Nov. 2024

Draymond Green, who has been terrific this season defensively, constantly mucked up the paint with rotations. —Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024

Fears stem from the need for enterprises to trust and constantly check the implemented technologies, and this is a constant waste of resources and loss of efficiency. —Oleksandr Sheremeta, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1