Definitions for continual

continual con·tin·u·al

Spelling: [kuh n-tin-yoo-uh l]
IPA: /kənˈtɪn yu əl/

Continual is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 389 anagrams from letters in continual (acilnnotu).

Definitions for continual

adjective

  1. of regular or frequent recurrence; often repeated; very frequent:
  2. happening without interruption or cessation; continuous in time.

Origin of continual

1300-50; Medieval Latin continuālis, equivalent to Latin continu(us) continuous + -ālis -al1; replacing Middle English continu

Examples for continual

And in the process of looking, continual looking, the result in any given performance can be long or short.

continual contact with Mr. Stewart had made me older than my years.

Throughout the book there is a continual refrain: “Four years before the end …” or “The day before the end …” and so forth.

Before the restraining effects of governments, he argued, we lived in “continual fear and danger of violent death.”

Coping with drought and marginal soils was a continual struggle.

As I had a continual thirst for what was new, I now tried my hand at painting.

The effort to make them "disgorge" is as continual as it is noisy, and, as a rule, futile.

Harvesting is continual and despite the cold local winters at headquarters, the food stays warm in the indoor fields.

But, in truth, their life thus far has been a continual prayer.

All my passions were roused, and my mind and body kept in continual activity.

Word Value for continual
Scrable

11

Words with friends

16

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