Continually
Continually adverb - Many times.
Usage example: grew up in a time when children were continually being told to mind their manners
Rarely is an antonym for continually.
Rarely
Rarely adverb - Not often.
Usage example: summer thunderstorms occur only rarely along the Oregon coast
Continually is an antonym for rarely.
Both words in one sentence
- They continually changed up timeslots, showed new episodes back to back, rarely did re-runs of the new episodes and when they did, they weren't back to back, or they were out of order.
Source: Only Barely Renewed
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