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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The October 2025 cease-fire plan freed the last remaining Israeli hostages and ostensibly ended hostilities, but Israel continues to constantly strike targets in Gaza, often killing civilians, including some 300 children in the past year. — Khaled Elgindy, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2026 Onstage, Slayyyter, whose real name is Catherine Grace Garner, is a force, constantly moving around the stage, thrashing her head along to the music and screaming the lyrics to her songs. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026 Compared with other fall style trends, which constantly explore new silhouettes and colors, denim offers a little more familiarity to creatures of habit like myself. — Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2026 We are constantly connected, yet often isolated, each with our own voice while genuine dialogue can be hard to achieve. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 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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