Can 続けて be used intransitively?


From a definition of 降り続く：

> 雨や雪などが、何日も続けて降る。「—・く長雨にうんざりする」

If you boil this down to 雨が続けて降る it appears to make no sense if you consider
続ける as a transitive verb. What's going on?




This 続けて is "continuously" that modifies 降る.

This is a te-form used _like an adverb_ to modify how the action described by
the second verb is done. 続けて can be remembered almost as a distinct adverb,
but you can read the following questions for grammatical explanations:

  * [How can verb て become an adverb?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/34647/5010)
  * [立ってそばを食べる vs 立ちながらそばを食べる](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/62592/5010)
  * [て form and adverbial meaning](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/38769/5010)

