consistent

adjective con·sis·tent \kən-ˈsis-tənt\

: always acting or behaving in the same way

: of the same quality; especially : good each time

: continuing to happen or develop in the same way

Full Definition of CONSISTENT

archaic : possessing firmness or coherence

a : marked by harmony, regularity, or steady continuity : free from variation or contradiction <a consistent style in painting>

b : marked by agreement : compatible —usually used with with <statements not consistent with the truth>

c : showing steady conformity to character, profession, belief, or custom <a consistent patriot>

: tending to be arbitrarily close to the true value of the parameter estimated as the sample becomes large <a consistent statistical estimator>

— con·sis·tent·ly \-lē\ adverb

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… the sixty-five-year-old filmmaker continues to practice his craft with consistent artistic aplomb. —Peter Travers, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2001
I am not consistent about giving vibrancy and other kinds of input to a relationship. … There are periods when I am the most attentive and thoughtful lover in the world, and periods, too, when I am just unavailable. —Toni Cade Bambara, “A Conversation with Claudia Tate,” in The Story and Its Writer, edited by Ann Charters, 1987
One of the strengths of Blake's letters is their consistent readability … —William Styron, This Quiet Dust and Other Writings, (l953) 1982
The rhythm of the gesture never varied. The paper flew in identically the same arc at each doorway, landed in identically the same spot. It was impossible for anybody to throw with such consistent perfection. —Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time, (1962) 1976
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