adv ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb

1. 1
   Without ceasing.

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

Adverb

1. 1
   with unflagging resolve wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

ad infinitumagain and againalwaysceaseconsecutivelyconstantly

Example

More examples

"The destiny of Tom and Mary ceaselessly haunted the author, weighed down by his own powerlessness to assume it."

Etymology

From ceaseless + -ly.

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