constantly
adverb
con·stant·ly
ˈkän(t)-stənt-lē 
1
: without variation, deviation, or change : always
constantly on the alert
constantly improving
a temperature that's constantly maintained
… the fear of the sea was constantly in my mind, battling with the fear of my companions.—
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson2
: with regular occurrence : incessantly
constantly complaining
After all, Val doesn't let him get a lick of rest and is constantly bugging him to play with her.—Ryan D. Wilson
Ryan D. WilsonAll my traveling life, 40 years of peregrinating Africa, Asia, South America and Oceania, I have thought constantly of home—and especially of the America I had never seen.—Paul Theroux
Paul TherouxExamples of constantly in a Sentence
a crackpot who constantly wrote angry letters to the local newspaper
stay constantly on guard until the danger of forest fire is past
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Mario Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
The main channel of the Amazon River constantly erodes existing land and deposits new earth.
—Isa Cardona, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Noah is constantly making sermons or toasts cribbed from Talmud for Netflix Subscribers.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
People constantly wanted to put him back into that ‘80s moment—and the Times obit represents an example of that.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Constantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/constantly. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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