incontinently

incontinently
incontinently1
/in kon"tn euhnt lee/, adv.
without exercising continence.
[1545-55; INCONTINENT + -LY]
incontinently2
/in kon"tn euhnt lee/, adv. Archaic.
immediately; at once; straightaway.
[1475-85; late ME incontinent, in same sense ( < MF < LL in continenti (tempore) in continuous (time), i.e., without pause; see CONTINENT) + -LY]

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