Continuously
Continuously adverb - At every point.
Hardly and continuously are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hardly" instead an adverb "Continuously".
Hardly
Hardly adverb - With great effort or determination.
Usage example: the state championship was a hardly fought contest between two evenly matched teams
Continuously and hardly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Continuously" instead an adverb "Hardly".
Nearby Word: hard
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- To an extent, Zuko in the first two seasons, continuously obsessed about his "destiny", and despite hardly knowing what that means, choosing it over his happiness, sanity, and family.
Source: The Fatalist - They hardly care for the Fates' instructions and continuously disobey them.
Source: Freudian Trio / Fan Fic
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