ceaselessly en · ADV
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English ceaseless Middle English -ly English -ly English ceaselessly From ceaseless + -ly.
Meanings
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Without ceasing.
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 9, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, page 182:So the woods are silent, still, and deserted, save by a stray rabbit among the thistles, and the grasshoppers ceaselessly leaping in the grass.
1905, Richard Jefferies, Nature Near London:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more ceaselessly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most ceaselessly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Synonyms
unrelievedly · nonstop · eternally · uninterruptedly · extendedly · nonstop · continually · endlessly · unintermittedly · continuously · consecutively · unendingly · eternally · never-endingly · infinitely · relentlessly · constantly · unceasingly · persistently · continently · incessantly · unremittingly · unendingly · unstoppingly · ever · unbrokenly · everlastingly · unrelentingly · successively · ceaselessly · perpetually · ongoingly · steadily
Translations (13)
cs neustále (without ceasing) · izh yhtäperrää (without ceasing) · el ατελείωτα (without ceasing) · vi hoài (without ceasing) · sk neustále (without ceasing) · it incessantemente (without ceasing) · pl bezustannie (without ceasing) · eo senĉese (without ceasing) · cs nepřetržitě (without ceasing) · hu szüntelenül (without ceasing) · el ατέλειωτα (without ceasing) · ru беспреста́нно (without ceasing) · cs ustavičně (without ceasing)