continual
kun-TIN-yoo-uladjMeaning happening again and again, with short breaks between
Memory hook continu-AL: AL asks again, and again. Al raises his hand, asks a question, waits a minute and asks another, all day long. His questions are continual: again and again, with short breaks.
The continual ringing of the phone, a new call every few minutes, made it hard to finish the report.
In context His continual interruptions, a new question every few minutes, kept the class from finishing the story.
Similar repeated, frequent, recurring, on-and-off
Opposite rare, occasional
From Latin continuus, “hanging together, unbroken,” from continere (to hold together), the same source as continuous.