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Continuingly vs Continuously - What's the difference?

continuingly | continuously |

As adverbs the difference between continuingly and continuously

is that continuingly is in a manner that is ongoing while continuously is without pause.

continuingly

English

Adverb

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  • In a manner that is ongoing.
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    • , passage=The result was “Eloise,” published in 1955 and a best seller the next year, and its continuingly popular sequels. }}

    continuously

    English

    Adverb

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  • Without pause.
    • The river continuously flows to the sea, it will never pause to let us cross on dry land.