continuous
kun-TIN-yoo-usadjMeaning going on without any break
Memory hook continu-OUS: One Unbroken Stream. The river flows past Sven’s fishing spot day and night without stopping for even a second: One Unbroken Stream. Its flow is continuous.
At rush hour the highway is one continuous line of cars, bumper to bumper with no gaps.
In context Unlike the old clock, which ticked forward in little jumps, the new clock’s second hand moved in one continuous sweep, never pausing.
Similar unbroken, uninterrupted, nonstop, constant
Opposite intermittent, broken, interrupted
From Latin continuus, “hanging together, unbroken,” from continere (to hold together).