con・tin・u・al /kntnju, -nj/ adj. 1 不断の, 間断ない, 連続的な (continuous). ・He was a continual trouble to his father. 彼はいつも父の心労の種だった. 2 (断続的に)しきりに起こる, 頻繁な. ・continual flashes of lightning [bursts of thunder] しきりに起こる電光[雷鳴]. ・continual bouts of toothache しきりに起こる歯痛. ・There was continual trouble on the front. 前線ではしきりに紛争が起こっていた. con・tin・u・al・i・ty /kntnjuli ｜ -lti/ n. 〜・ness n. 《a1325》 continuel(e) (O)F continuel: ⇒continue, -al^１

con・tin・u・al・ly /kntnjuli/ adv. 1 間断なく; 絶えず (unceasingly). 2 しきりに (repeatedly). 《c1300》: ⇒↑, -ly^１