In a way that continues or keeps going without stopping.
Formed from 'continuing' (present participle of continue) plus the adverbial suffix '-ly', which converts adjectives and participles into adverbs describing manner.
This archaic adverb appears in older English texts but has largely been replaced by modern alternatives like 'continuously' or 'continually'—it's a word that lost the race of linguistic evolution.
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