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ceaselessly

adv

Etymology

From ceaseless + -ly.

  1. derived from cessō
  2. derived from cesser
  3. derived from cesen
  4. suffixed as ceaseless — “cease + less”
  5. formed as ceaselessly — “ceaseless + -ly”

Definitions

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

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA