repeatedly

re·peat·ed·ly
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/ɹɪˈpiːtɪdli/

adverb

Done several times or in repetition.

“He repeatedly violated the court order, and shall now be punished.”

CommonScrabble 16

Meanings

adverbrepeatedly (comparative more repeatedly, superlative most repeatedly)

comparative more repeatedly · superlative most repeatedly

  1. Done several times or in repetition.

    He repeatedly violated the court order, and shall now be punished.

    2 more examples

    Scotland had the territory and the momentum, forcing England into almost twice as many tackles and rattling them repeatedly at set-pieces.

    2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport

    Since 2017, the DfT has "repeatedly altered the scope of the TRU [TransPennine Route Upgrade] to meet differing ministerial priorities and budget constraints", says the NAO [National Audit Office].

    2022 August 10, Mel Holley, “Network News: Question marks over TransPennine upgrade spending”, in RAIL, number 963, page 24

    Synonyms: again and again, once and again, over and over, over and over again, time after time, time and again, time and time again

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian повторно, няколкократно
  • повторно (povtorno)done several times
  • няколкократно (njakolkokratno)done several times
Catalan repetidament, reiteradament
  • repetidamentdone several times
  • reiteradamentdone several times
Chinese Mandarin 反復 /反复, 多次
  • 反復 /反复 (fǎnfù)done several times
  • 多次 (duōcì)done several times
  • 一再 (yīzài)done several times
Czech opakovaně
  • opakovanědone several times
Danish gentagne gange
  • gentagne gangedone several times
Dutch herhaaldelijk, meermaals
  • herhaaldelijkdone several times
  • meermaalsdone several times
  • telkensdone several times
  • steedsdone several times
Finnish toistuvasti
  • toistuvastidone several times
French à plusieurs reprises à maintes reprises
  • à plusieurs reprises à maintes reprisesdone several times
German wiederholt
  • wiederholtdone several times
Italian ripetutamente
  • ripetutamentedone several times
Japanese 繰り返して
  • 繰り返して (kurikaeshite)done several times
Korean 거듭, 재삼재사
  • 거듭 (geodeup)done several times
  • 재삼재사 (jaesamjaesa)done several times
Latin crēbrō, frequenter
  • crēbrōdone several times
  • frequenterdone several times
Persian مکرراً, بهکرات
  • مکرراً (mokarraran)done several times
  • بهکرات (be-karrât)done several times
  • بارها (bârhâ)done several times
Polish wielokrotnie
  • wielokrotniedone several times
Portuguese repetidamente
  • repetidamentedone several times
Romanian în mod repetat, de mai multe ori
  • în mod repetatdone several times
  • de mai multe oridone several times
Russian повто́рно, неоднокра́тно
  • повто́рно (povtórno)done several times
  • неоднокра́тно (neodnokrátno)done several times
  • многокра́тно (mnogokrátno)done several times
Scottish Gaelic uair is uair
  • uair is uairdone several times
Spanish reiteradamente, repetidamente
  • reiteradamentedone several times
  • repetidamentedone several times
Swedish upprepade gånger
  • upprepade gångerdone several times
Urdu بارہا, مکرراً
  • بارہا (bārhā)done several times
  • مکرراً (mukarraran)done several times
  • مکرر (mukarrar)done several times
Vietnamese lặp đi lặp lại
  • lặp đi lặp lạidone several times
Yiddish אַ סך מאָל
  • אַ סך מאָל (a sakh mol)done several times
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Chicago

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