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abruptly
English
Etymology
abrupt +? -ly
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??b??p.li/, /?.?b??pt.li/
Adverb
abruptly (comparative more abruptly, superlative most abruptly)
- In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
Derived terms
- abruptly-pinnate
Translations
References
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constantly
English
Alternative forms
- constantliel, constauntly (both obsolete)
Etymology
From constant +? -ly. Displaced native Old English singall??e.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?nst?ntli/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?nst?ntli/
Adverb
constantly (comparative more constantly, superlative most constantly)
- (archaic) With steadfastness; with resolve; in loyalty, faithfully.
- , I.iv.1:
- Agrippa and the rest of his weeping friends earnestly besought him […] not to offer violence unto himself, ‘with a settled resolution he desired again they would approve of his good intent, and not seek to dehort him from it’; and so constantly died.
- , I.iv.1:
- In a constant manner; occurring continuously; persistently.
- (frequency) Recurring regularly.
- I find that I am constantly reminding you to feed your pets.
- In an unchangeable or invariable manner; in every case.
Synonyms
- (in a constant manner): ceaselessly, incessantly, nonstop; see also Thesaurus:continuously
- (in an unchangeable or invariable manner): consistently, invariably, uniformly; See also Thesaurus:uniformly
Translations
References
- constantly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- constantly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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