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repeatedly
adverb
many
times
,
or
again
and
again
•
The
woodpecker
pecked
at
the
tree
repeatedly
,
filling
the
forest
with
sharp
tapping
sounds
.
The
woodpecker
pecked
at
the
tree
repeatedly
,
filling
the
forest
with
sharp
tapping
sounds
.
•
Mia
pressed
the
call
button
repeatedly
on
her
phone
,
worried
when
her
best
friend
didn
’
t
answer
.
Mia
pressed
the
call
button
repeatedly
on
her
phone
,
worried
when
her
best
friend
didn
’
t
answer
.
Formed
from
the
adjective
“
repeated
”
+
adverbial
suffix
“
-ly
”;
first
recorded
in
English
in
the
late
15th
century
.
