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continuall

continuall is the obsolete spelling of continual.

Meaning of continual

Adjective

continual (not comparable)

  1. Recurring in steady, rapid succession.
    • the continual noise of dogs' barking
  2. (proscribed) Seemingly continuous; appearing to have no end or interruption.
  3. (proscribed) Forming a continuous series.

Questions about continuall

What is continuall the obsolete spelling of?
Continuall is the obsolete spelling of continual.

Words near continuall in the dictionary

  1. Continos
  2. continua
  3. continuable
  4. continual
  5. continuality
  6. continuall
  7. continually
  8. continualness
  9. continuance
  10. continuances
  11. continuancies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: continuall (page history and authors); continual (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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