consistently

English

Etymology

From consistent +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈsɪstəntli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adverb

consistently (comparative more consistently, superlative most consistently)

1. (manner) In a consistent manner.
   • 1961 November, “More accelerations in the French winter timetables”, in Trains Illustrated, page 670:

     Thus from October 1 the French National Railways made a number of changes in their services and consistently in the direction of higher speeds.

2. (frequency) constantly; always.

Synonyms

• (manner): invariably, uniformly; See also Thesaurus:uniformly
• (frequency): continually, incessantly; See also Thesaurus:forever

Translations

in a consistent manner

• Catalan: consistentment (ca)
• Esperanto: akorde
• Finnish: yhdenmukaisesti, yhtenäisesti (fi), johdonmukaisesti (fi), järjestään (fi)
• German: beständig (de), zuverlässig (de), regelmäßig (de), konsequent (de), unabweichend
• Greek: με συνέπεια (el) (me synépeia)
• Italian: coerentemente (it)
• Latin: congruenter
• Portuguese: consistentemente
• Russian: после́довательно (ru) (poslédovatelʹno)
• Spanish: consistentemente
• Swedish: konsekvent (sv)
• Turkish: devamlı (tr), aralıksız (tr), düzenli (tr)

constantly — see constantly

References

• “consistently”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.