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continently

Variant of continent

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

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