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# consistently

adverb (consistently); adjective consistent; noun consistency

«consistently» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In the same way every time, again and again, without changing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consistently/#m1)
2. In a way that agrees and does not contradict itself. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consistently/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school reports teachers write "works consistently hard". In science, results that are consistently the same are reliable. In sport, a player who scores consistently is dependable. Phrases: "consistently good", "consistently late", "consistently high".

### Examples

- She consistently gets full marks in spelling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consistently/#x1)
- He is consistently late for school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consistently/#x2)
- The results were consistently the same, so the test was reliable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consistently/#x3)
- Our team played consistently well all season. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consistently/#x4)
- Water boils consistently at 100 °C at sea level. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consistently/#x5)
- Practise consistently and you will improve. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consistently/#x6)

### Note

Spelling: consist-ent-ly, with "-ent", not "-ant". In maths, data that are consistently close together have a small range.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «consistently» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/consistently/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«consistently» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/consistently.html) on Mova free.