Continuously without pause or interruption; happening all the time without variation.
From Latin 'constans,' meaning 'standing firm' or 'unchanging,' from 'con-' (together) and 'stare' (to stand). It entered English in the 14th century, originally meaning 'steadfast' before developing its temporal sense of 'continuous.'
Like 'consistently,' 'constantly' is built on the metaphor of standing - but where consistently means standing together, constantly means standing firm without moving. This reveals how we conceptualize unwavering time through the image of motionless stability.
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