Repeatedly
[rɪ'piːtɪdlɪ] or [rɪ'pitɪdli]
Definition
(adv.) More than once; again and again; indefinitely.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Frequently_again_and_again, often
ANT:Seldom, rarely
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Examples
- Bloody insurrections repeatedly broke out, always traceable ultimately to the pressure of taxation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He said so repeatedly; other things he said too, which marked the turn of his feelings and gave the lie to his actions. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Thus metals hammered, or repeatedly bent, grow hot in the bent or hammered part. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Of course I have repeatedly thought of the Boffins, Sophronia,' he resumed, after a fruitless silence; 'but I have seen my way to nothing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She wished to discredit it entirely, repeatedly exclaiming, This must be false! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Mrs. Waterbrook repeatedly told us, that if she had a weakness, it was Blood. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Both baths can be repeatedly used without renewing them. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- But this ought not to be expected; yet this has been repeatedly advanced as a most serious objection against my views. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Mrs. Snagsby repeatedly inquires of herself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He was kissing her quietly, repeatedly, with a soft, still happiness that almost made her heart stop beating. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Whatever happened, he repeatedly impressed upon me with anxious affection and kindness, I was as innocent of as himself and as unable to influence. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Osborne and Crawley were repeatedly together now. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- These Licinian laws had repeatedly been revived and repeatedly lapsed to a dead letter again. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Miss Crawford, who had been repeatedly eyeing Dr. Grant and Edmund, now observed, Those gentlemen must have some very interesting point to discuss. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Haven't you repeatedly heard that his father has eight hundred a year, which dies with him? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He stopped in the foretop, repeatedly, and was as often blown away by the wind. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Vainly did Caroline inquire repeatedly if he would have another cup, if he would take a little hot tea, as that must be cold, etc. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Her feelings, in this case, have repeatedly got beyond her control, at the very time when it was plainly her interest to conceal them. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I proposed to her to walk out with me; but Mrs. Heep repeatedly complaining that she was worse, Agnes charitably remained within, to bear her company. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Leon Bourgeois, insisted lucidly and repeatedly on the logical necessity of such powers. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It would at first be thought quite impossible for a crab to open a strong cocoanut covered with husk, but Mr. Liesk assures me that he has repeatedly seen this effected. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A great tumult succeeded for some minutes, during which Miss Miller repeatedly exclaimed, Silence! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- If the current could be repeatedly reversed just as the helix completed its half turn, the motion could be prolonged; periodic current reversal would produce continuous rotation. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He kissed me repeatedly. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Parke on our right was repeatedly assaulted, but repulsed every effort. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He won repeatedly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The Sassanids repeatedly carried war into the Byzantine Empire, and held the line of the Euphrates steadfastly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I should have been quite disappointed if I had not found you here STILL, said she repeatedly, with a strong emphasis on the word. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- For it happens that using the muscles repeatedly in the same way fixes in them an automatic tendency to repeat. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Repeatedly, during three terrible days, they swarmed up the little Malakoff hill, and were beaten back with terrible slaughter. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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