continuously

The word “continuously” means without any pause or break. In plain terms, in a way that never stops or breaks off.

“Continuously” is pronounced kuhn-TIHN-yoo-uhs-lee (/kənˈtɪnjuəsli/ in IPA).

Here is “continuously” used in a sentence: “The alarm rang continuously until someone switched it off.”

The opposite of “continuously” — its antonyms — is discontinuously.

“Continuously” is an adverb.

“Continuously” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the B1 level.

"Continuously" means happening without any pause or break, while "continually" describes something that happens repeatedly with gaps in between. Rain that falls continuously never stops, but rain that falls continually starts and stops throughout the day.

Use "continuously" to stress an unbroken, uninterrupted flow of action or time, as in "the machine ran continuously for ten hours." "Constantly" can mean either unbroken or simply very frequent, so "continuously" is the clearer choice when you specifically mean that no break occurred.

"Continuously" often pairs with verbs describing ongoing processes, such as "running," "growing," "improving," "monitoring," and "updating." It also appears in fixed phrases like "continuously operating" and "continuously variable" to stress that the action never stops.

"Continuously" is neutral and works in both formal and informal writing, though it appears especially often in technical, scientific, and business contexts. It suits precise descriptions where the absence of any interruption matters.