Continually
Continually adverb - Many times.
Usage example: grew up in a time when children were continually being told to mind their manners
Repeatedly is a synonym for continually in frequently topic. In some cases you can use "Repeatedly" instead an adverb "Continually", when it comes to topics like endlessly.
Repeatedly
Repeatedly adverb - Many times.
Usage example: I've told him repeatedly not to do that
Continually is a synonym for repeatedly in endlessly topic. You can use "Continually" instead an adverb "Repeatedly", if it concerns topics such as persistently.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- often and continually
- often and repeatedly
- regularly and continually
- regularly and repeatedly
- habitually and continually
- habitually and repeatedly
- frequently and continually
- frequently and repeatedly
- forever and continually
- forever and repeatedly
- always and continually
- always and repeatedly
- invariably and continually
- invariably and repeatedly
Both words in one sentence
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In Starship Troopers, Sugar Watkins curses continually while repeatedly shooting a dead bug.
Source: Pummeling the Corpse -
Percussive Maintenance: The "basic engineer" at Starbase 39's starship area, on the console linked to the Federation bank, is continually hitting the console with fists, repeatedly.
Source: Video Game / Star Trek Online -
It's repeatedly lampshaded by both Errtu and the Crystal Shard itself, who both offer him good advice that he continually rejects, mostly to indulge his Control Freak tendencies.
Source: General Failure
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Repeatedly and Continually. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/continually/repeatedly
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