ceaselessly

English

Etymology

ceaseless +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

ceaselessly (comparative more ceaselessly, superlative most ceaselessly)

1. Without ceasing.

   Synonyms: eternally, nonstop, unendingly; see also Thesaurus:continuously

   • 1905, Richard Jefferies, Nature Near London:

     So the woods are silent, still, and deserted, save by a stray rabbit among the thistles, and the grasshoppers ceaselessly leaping in the grass.

   • 1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 9, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 182:

     So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

Translations

without ceasing

• Esperanto: senĉese
• Greek: ατελείωτα (el) (ateleíota), ατέλειωτα (el) (atéleiota)
• Ingrian: yhtäperrää
• Italian: incessantemente (it)
• Polish: bezustannie (pl)
• Russian: беспреста́нно (ru) (besprestánno)
• Slovak: neustále
• Spanish: incesantemente (es)
• Vietnamese: hoài (vi)