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continently

adv

Etymology

From continent + -ly.

  1. derived from continentem
  2. derived from continent
  3. inherited from contynent
  4. suffixed as continently — “continent + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a continent, chaste, moderate manner

    • All this time your humble correspondent was continently waiting in the grand corridor leading from the Commons to the Lords, which, however, is by far the best place for the curious spectator at this stage of the proceedings.
    • I swear at my life's perversities with only a fatigued contempt due partly to bodily fragileness but mostly to a cold continently reckless mood which is clasped on me like a strong stupefied devil-fish.

  2. continuously

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA