Literary notes about continuously (AI summary)
The adverb continuously is employed in literature to evoke a sense of unbroken duration or persistent action, often heightening the intensity of a scene or argument. In narrative works, it underscores relentless natural forces—as when waves buffet a platform unceasingly [1] or a thunderstorm rages without pause [2]—and portrays human endeavors that persist over time, such as a character’s long sojourn abroad [3] or soldiers marching and fighting with no respite [4]. In more reflective or technical texts, continuously conveys an enduring state or methodical operation, whether describing machinery operating flawlessly over months [5] or a sustained mental attitude [6, 7]. This recurring use across genres highlights the word’s versatility in emphasizing uninterrupted continuity in both physical and metaphorical contexts.
- It was nearly impossible to stand up on the platform, which was continuously buffeted by this enormously heavy sea.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne - There was a ferocious thunder-storm, that night, and it raged continuously until near dawn.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain - I Prince Andrew had spent two years continuously in the country.
— from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy - Hancock's corps had now been marching and fighting continuously for several days, not having had rest even at night much of the time.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. Grant - In one particular test an engine was run continuously for several months , and at the end of the trial was in absolutely perfect condition.
— from How it Works by Archibald Williams - Next, it is also most Continuous: for we are better able to contemplate than to do anything else whatever, continuously.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle - How is it then that no one feels Pleasure continuously?
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle
