Meaning & use
repetitively
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In a manner that is done or said the same way over and over again.
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The machine hummed repetitively in the background all day.
He tapped his pen repetitively while waiting for the results.
A note on using this word
Distinguished from repeatedly by its emphasis on a fixed, often tedious pattern rather than simple frequency.
Words with a similar meaning
repeatedlymonotonously
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