recurrently
1
4.3
- adverb
- /rɪˈkɜrrəntli/
- The train runs recurrently every fifteen minutes, making it convenient for commuters.
Examples
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In their progression to adulthood, gifted children recurrently negotiate different social and emotional tasks than other children.
Academic text (1995) -
In his later years, Leibniz recurrently expresses the view that physical bodies are merely "well-founded phenomena," with the only real substances existing in the world being the monads.
Academic text (2016) -
I dream recurrently of the puppy, loose and chasing me.
Fiction book (1991) -
Nevertheless, the bottom line seems to be that the units have recurrently reorganized their activities over time, revolving around their core research themes.
Academic text (2018) -
The regressive longing for immersion comes at us recurrently as we move through the exhibition.
Academic text (2002) -
Third, the Western powers have intervened recurrently in the region to buttress client regimes and to protect their other imperialist interests.
Academic text (1992) -
Another impulse cropped up recurrently in 19th-century commentary on sleep, emphasizing moral compensation.
Academic text (1996) -
Intrinsic factors—achievement, recognition, work itself, and responsibility—were recurrently mentioned by respondents as sources of satisfaction.
Academic text (1994) -
He visits his grandmother recurrently, attending her birthday every year without fail.
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She reads that book recurrently, finding new insights each time she picks it up.
Synonyms
390
1.0
It happens again and again
378
1.0
Often at the same or fixed times
243
1.0
Many times on different occasions
111
2.3
Happens often at set times
87
4.9
Happens many times, usually within a short time
81
2.2
Happens again and again for many days in a row
68
1.8
Very often on many occasions
50
3.6
Happens every day for a long time in the same boring way
34
3.4
Every day for a long time without any change
9
4.1
In a steady pattern of sound or movement
6
5.4
Happens every year or for a long time
3
3.5
Again and again in the same way, often causing boredom or annoyance
2
4.3
In a way that repeats at regular times
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
The word recurrently comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and currere meaning 'to run', and you can see the same root in current. So, recurrently is like 'running again', meaning something that happens again and again or at regular times.