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    Definition of consistently in English Dictionary

  • AdverbCOMmore consistentlySUPmost consistentlyPREcon-SUF-ly
    1. (manner) In a consistent manner.
      1. (frequency) constantly; always.
      2. More Examples
        1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
          • Half-lives of PSII herbicides ametryn, atrazine, diuron, hexazinone and tebuthiuron were consistently greater than a year, indicating high persistence.
          • She is consistently but not deformingly alert to irony, to satire, to humor in its high and low forms.
          • [H]er mood, though consistently excited, was labile in affect, with sudden veerings from stormy hypomania to fearfulness and agitated depression. — Oliver Sacks, Awakenings.
      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
        1. Adverbs
          • Manner adverbs
            • Time adverbs
              • Frequency adverbs
            • Morphemes
              • Suffixes
                • Words by suffix
                  • Words suffixed with -ly

            Other Vocabulary

            Look-Alike Words
            1. en consistent
            2. fr consistent
            3. en consistency
            4. en insistently
            5. en consistents
            Source: Wiktionary

            Meaning of consistently for the defined word.

            Grammatically, this word "consistently" is an adverb, more specifically, a manner adverb and a time adverb. It's also a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe.
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            Definiteness: Level 1
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