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/ˈkɒnstəntli/ · adverb
(archaic) With steadfastness; with resolve; in loyalty, faithfully..
Agrippa and the rest of his weeping friends earnestly besought him […] not to offer violence unto himself, ‘with a settled resolution he desired again they would approve of his good intent, and not seek to dehort him from it’; and so constantly died.
For most people, this sacrifice is made easily and instinctively. Not so for otroverts, who are neither willing nor able to passively adopt the social scripts that others do. To the otrovert, who is constantly engaged with the choices and consequences of their individual life, social norms follow a circular logic: […]
I find that I am constantly reminding you to feed your pets.
Japanese retail stores have strove to, and have succeeded in, fulfilling these severe demands, and in doing so, have constantly had to innovate both technologically and institutionally in order to keep up with the competition.
Use constantly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Constantly means (archaic) With steadfastness; with resolve; in loyalty, faithfully..
Common synonyms include ceaselessly, incessantly, nonstop, consistently.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Agrippa and the rest of his weeping friends earnestly besought him […] not to offer violence unto himself, ‘with a settled resolution he desired again they would approve of his good intent, and not seek to dehort him from it’; and so constantly died.
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