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# repeatedly

adverb (repeatedly)

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

## Everyday

Repeatedly means many times, again and again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repeatedly/#m1)

### In the lessons

In stories it shows something happening over and over: "The dog barked repeatedly". In maths, multiplication is repeated addition, and division can be repeated subtraction. In instructions: "Stir repeatedly". Similar: again and again, over and over, many times.

### Examples

- The phone rang repeatedly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repeatedly/#x1)
- He repeatedly forgot his PE kit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repeatedly/#x2)
- Multiplying is adding the same number repeatedly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repeatedly/#x3)
- She knocked repeatedly, but no one came. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repeatedly/#x4)
- The teacher repeatedly asked for quiet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repeatedly/#x5)
- Press the button repeatedly to wake the robot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repeatedly/#x6)
- Subtract 3 repeatedly from 12: 9, 6, 3, 0, so 12 ÷ 3 = 4. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repeatedly/#x7)
- The bird hit the window repeatedly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repeatedly/#x8)
- It would be impossible to describe his joy; he kissed the talisman repeatedly, wrapped it up, and carefully tied it round his arm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/repeatedly/#x9)

### Note

Repeated + ly. Spelling: r-e-p-e-a-t-e-d-l-y. A bit formal; everyday: over and over. In maths "added repeatedly" points to multiplication and "taken away repeatedly" to division.

## On Mova

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