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–adjective

1.	uninterrupted in time; without cessation: continuous coughing during the concert.

2.	being in immediate connection or spatial relationship: a continuous series of blasts; a continuous row of warehouses.

3.	Grammar. progressive (def. 7).

[Origin: 1635–45; < L continuus uninterrupted, equiv. to contin(ére) to hold together, retain (con- con- + -tinére, comb. form of tenére to hold; cf. contain) + -uus deverbal adj. suffix; cf. -ous, contiguous

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—Related forms

con·tin·u·ous·ly, adverb

con·tin·u·ous·ness, noun

—Usage note See continual.

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con·tin·u·ous Audio Help (kən-tĭn'yōō-əs) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Uninterrupted in time, sequence, substance, or extent. See Synonyms at continual.
Attached together in repeated units: a continuous form fed into a printer.
Mathematics Of or relating to a line or curve that extends without a break or irregularity.

[From Latin continuus; see continue.]

con·tin'u·ous·ly adv., con·tin'u·ous·ness n.

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continuously
adverb
1.	at every point; "The function is continuously differentiable"
2.	with unflagging resolve; "dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste" [syn: endlessly]

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conˈtinuously adverb

Example: It rained continuously all day.

Arabic:	بِاستِمرار، بِصورَة مُتَواصِلَه
Chinese (Simplified):	连续地，持续地
Chinese (Traditional):	連續地，持續地
Czech:	nepřetržitě
Danish:	uafbrudt; konstant
Dutch:	ononderbroken
Estonian:	vahetpidamata
Finnish:	yhtäjaksoisesti
French:	continuellement
German:	ununterbrochen
Greek:	συνέχεια, αδιάκοπα
Hungarian:	folyamatosan
Icelandic:	sleitulaust
Indonesian:	terus-menerus
Italian:	continuamente

Japanese:	絶え間なく
Korean:	계속해서
Latvian:	nepārtraukti; ilgstoši
Lithuanian:	be perstojo
Norwegian:	i ett sett, uavbrutt
Polish:	ciągle
Portuguese (Brazil):	continuamente
Portuguese (Portugal):	seguidamente
Romanian:	încontinuu
Russian:	непрерывно
Slovak:	nepretržite
Slovenian:	neprestano
Spanish:	continuamente, sin interrupción
Swedish:	kontinuerligt, oavbrutet, sammanhängande
Turkish:	sürekli olarak