Both Uses of
constant
in
The Yellow Wallpaper
- It is dull enough to confuse the eye in following, pronounced enough to constantly irritate and provoke study, and when you follow the lame uncertain curves for a little distance they suddenly commit suicide—plunge off at outrageous angles, destroy themselves in unheard of contradictions.†
constantly = in a manner that is unchanging, continuous, or happens repeatedly
- On a pattern like this, by daylight, there is a lack of sequence, a defiance of law, that is a constant irritant to a normal mind.†
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Definition:
unchanging, continuous, or happening repeatedly