continently

adjective

1. self-restrained; temperate
2. characterized by self-restraint in, esp. by total abstinence from, sexual activity
3. Obsolete restrictive

noun

1. Rare a thing that retains or contains something
2. the mainland: now rare except in , all of Europe except the British Isles
3. any of the main large land areas of the earth, conventionally regarded (with or without outlying islands) as units; Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America, and, sometimes, Antarctica