Associations to the word «Continual»

Wiktionary

CONTINUAL, adjective. Recurring in steady, rapid succession.
CONTINUAL, adjective. (proscribed) Seemingly continuous; appearing to have no end or interruption.
CONTINUAL, adjective. (proscribed) Forming a continuous series.

Dictionary definition

CONTINUAL, adjective. Occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series; "the continual banging of the shutters".
CONTINUAL, adjective. `continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats