continual Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective occurring without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series
    • the continual banging of the shutters
  2. adjective satellite `continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)

WordNet

Con*tin"u*al adjective
Etymology
OE. continuel, F. continuel. See Continue.
Definitions
  1. Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding.
    He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. Prov. xv. 15.
  2. Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated.
    The eye is deligh by a continental succession of small landscapes. W. Irwing.
    Brande & C. Syn. -- Constant; prepetual; incessant; unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; continuous. See Constant, and Continuous.

Webster 1913