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Continuingly vs Sustained - What's the difference?

continuingly | sustained |

As an adverb continuingly

is in a manner that is ongoing.

As a verb sustained is

(sustain).

As an adjective sustained is

held continuously at a certain level.

continuingly

English

Adverb

(-)
  • In a manner that is ongoing.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 29, author=Douglas Martin, title=D. D. Ryan, Fashionable Godmother to ‘Eloise,’ Dies at 79, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The result was “Eloise,” published in 1955 and a best seller the next year, and its continuingly popular sequels. }}

    sustained

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sustain)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Held continuously at a certain level.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Charles T. Ambrose
    • , title= Alzheimer’s Disease , volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.}}
  • (music) Held at a certain pitch.

    • Synonyms

    * (held at a certain level) constant, continuous, steady