constantly

adverb

con·stant·ly ˈkän(t)-stənt-lē

Synonyms of constantly

: 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

: 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

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

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And like the photons that travel billions of light-years to reach us, new fragments are constantly falling into place. — Quanta Magazine, 2 July 2026 My hand was constantly spasming on the R 1300 R, vainly reaching for a lever that was not there. — New Atlas, 3 July 2026 Dines uses the models constantly — as sounding boards, editors and research engines — while insisting the ideas, the will and the taste must come from him. — Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 Because dogs stay low and sniff constantly, fertilizers, weed killers and insecticides reach them easily. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for constantly

Word History

First Known Use

1651, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of constantly was in 1651

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