different between constantly vs everlastingly
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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everlastingly
English
Etymology
everlasting +? -ly
Adverb
everlastingly (comparative more everlastingly, superlative most everlastingly)
- In an everlasting manner; without end; forever.
- 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part Two, Chapter 9, [2]
- Their lives are dedicated to world conquest, but they also know that it is necessary that the war should continue everlastingly and without victory.
- 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part Two, Chapter 9, [2]
- perpetually; constantly
Synonyms
- (in an everlasting manner): ever, forevermore, until hell freezes over; see also Thesaurus:forever
- (perpetually; constantly): ceaselessly, incessantly, nonstop; see also Thesaurus:continuously
everlastingly From the web:
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