[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The state or quality of being continuous; continuity.
1803. W. Taylor, in Monthly Mag., XVI. 224. These two narratives are drawn up with that continuousness, that artless wondering honesty … which might be expected.
1851–9. Darwin, in Adm. Man. Sci. Enq., 281. The continuousness and form of the strata.
1887. Contemp. Rev., May, 727. Continuousness of influence is as much a factor in education as specific acts of teaching.
