continual (a)

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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
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Antonym continual → sporadic
Similar to insistent, repetitive; running(a); perennial, recurrent, repeated; persistent, relentless, unrelenting; recurring, revenant
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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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