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| type | a |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | occurring without interruption |
| def | chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series |
| examples | the continual banging of the shutters |
| Outgoing links | |
| Antonym | continual → sporadic |
| Similar to | insistent, repetitive; running(a); perennial, recurrent, repeated; persistent, relentless, unrelenting; recurring, revenant |
| Incoming links | |
| Similar to | insistent, repetitive; running(a); perennial, recurrent, repeated; persistent, relentless, unrelenting; recurring, revenant |
| Antonym | sporadic → continual |
| Derived from adjective | continually → continual |
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