continual

[Con*tinĀ·u*al]

Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated.

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Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding.

Adjective
seemingly without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the shutters"

Adjective S.
`continual'' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous'' (meaning without interruption)


a.
Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding.

a.
Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated.


Continual

Con*tin"u*al , a. [OE. continuel, F. continuel. See Continue.] 1. Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding.
He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
2. Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated.
The eye is deligh by a continental succession of small landscapes.
Continual proportionals (Math.), quantities in continued proportion. Brande & C. Syn. -- Constant; prepetual; incessant; unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; continuous. See Constant, and Continuous.

Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding.

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Usage Examples

Men of my age live in a state of continual desperation.

Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone.

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.

The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal.

Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions. And it does not provide buffers between members, so they are continually colliding or frustrating each other.

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century.

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.

Improving our national intelligence capabilities should remain a top priority and a continual process.

It's important to travel and move and have a continual set of experiences so you've got more to feed back into your work. For me, it's a natural thing.

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