adverb
continenter
continenter (comparative continentius, superlative continentissimē)
Meaning
- unbroken, uninterruptedly
- continuously, constantly, incessantly, without a pause
[…] proximīque sunt Germānīs, quī trāns Rhēnum incolunt, quibuscum continenter bellum gerunt.
[The Belgae] are also nearest to the Germans, who dwell across the Rhine, with whom they are constantly waging war.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.1 - repeatedly
- successfully
- figurativelytemperately, moderately
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
contĭnenter, adv., v. contineo, P. a., 1.
I. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
continenter adv.
1 continens, continuously, without interruption: bellum gerere, Cs.: totā nocte, Cs.: biduum lapidibus pluit, L.: sedere, in a row, Ct.—Fig., temperately, moderately: vivere.
Origins
From continēns present participle of contineō (“to contain”), from con- (“together”) + teneō (“to hold”).