相変わらず - Meaning and usage


I've heard this expression [相変]{あいか}わらず quite often before coming upon it
again in this sentence: 俺は相変わらず苛立っていた that a character says as he vents his
frustration on things not going right in his volleyball club. There is an
explanation of this expression
[here](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/643/meaning/m0u/), but my Japanese
isn't good enough for me to understand it. Could someone give me an
explanation for what it means and a few examples of it so that I could see it
used in context?




I think 相変わらず can mean either:

「いつも通り」「いつもと変わらず」「いつもと同じく」 "as usual" "as ever" "as always"

> 「俺は相変わらず苛立っていた」≂「俺は **いつも通り** 苛立っていた」"I was irritated _as usual_."

or 「以前と同様」「いまだに」「まだ」 "as before" "still"

> 「俺は相変わらず苛立っていた」≂「俺は **まだ** 苛立っていた」"I was _still_ irritated."

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Examples from _Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary_ (プログレッシブ和英中辞典):

>   * 祭日だというのに父は **相変わらず** 忙しい。  
>  Even though it's a holiday, my father is (as) busy _as usual_.
>   * 彼女は **相変わらず** 彼に好意を持っていた。  
>  She _still_ liked him.
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