Consistently

Examples

• He defends both,--and I think, at least, _consistently_. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• She wondered at herself, as she had so often wondered, that, possessing the knack, she did not more consistently exercise it. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• There is no other principle distinctly, certainly, and consistently maintained through all its narrow turnings. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The employer must have this compensation, otherwise he cannot, consistently with his own interest, continue the employment. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• How can you consistently ask me such a question? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The laboratory records bear the fullest witness that he has consistently followed out this prescription to the utmost. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Moore, to act consistently, should have let her go; whereas he stood in the doorway, and, holding out his hand, gently kept her back. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The function of this material in engaging activity and carrying it on consistently and continuously is its interest. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Furthermore, there are sure to be times when the service will be interrupted and seriously impaired if such plans for the future are not made and consistently carried out. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He had kissed her when he raised her from the ground on the day when she had been so consistently and expressively forgotten. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I hope everybody here will lead them to believe that I died defying them, consistently and perseveringly, as I did through so many years. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• If he would act in this sort of manner, on principle, consistently, regularly, their little minds would bend to his. Jane Austen. Emma.

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