Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In a consistent manner; with consistency or congruency; uniformly: as, to command confidence, a man must act consistently.
Wiktionary
- adv. manner In a consistent manner.
- adv. frequency constantly; always.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. In a consistent manner.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. in a systematic or consistent manner
Etymologies
- consistent + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The title consistently topped the chart in the second half of 2009.”
“Instead of using 'safe' language that deliberately minimizes the terrorist's inhumane acts and appeases their very actions, the Star used the term consistently in headlines, lead and body paragraphs, in a conscious decision to avoid sanitizing language. column inches to Israeli ambassador to Canada, Alan Baker on Friday, one day after the attack to discuss "The way of terror and the response" which included these choice quotes:”
“The series does not apply the term consistently to those travelling with the Doctor, with him just as often introducing them simply as his friends.”
“President Bush today also went on the defense against the Democrats, the president blasting congressional Democrats for what he called consistently blocking his economic proposals.”
“Mahékal is the Spanish pronunciation for the word "magical," a term consistently used by guests when describing their stay at the resort.”
“Thirty minutes or more of moderate aerobic activity, like brisk walking, five or more days a week ... consistently is the key.”
The Huffington Post: Christina Pirello: Real Things You Can Do to Prevent Breast Cancer
“When I sat down to think about it, the only female voice that gets heard consistently is Gina Trapani.”
“We were challenged in consistently scoring runs," Friedman says.”
“Organizations that succeed in consistently converting ideas into value and then profiting from them -- the art and science of innovation -- are often those that have balanced rigid process with agility.”
“In fact, Munchkin consistently mocks those games that you do.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘consistently’.
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PHIL - vocabulary of thinking
philosophy, Socratic, dialogue, philosopher, Athenian, philosophical, politic, Greek, method, death, ancient, believe and 243 more...
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EN - academic vocabulary
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abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...conferral, stateless, person, voting, right, subsidiarity, Latvia, Malta, Slovenia, Lithuania, Finland, Estonia and 2614 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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