unceasinglyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈsiːsɪŋli/, U.S. /ˌənˈsisɪŋli/ Without ceasing; incessantly.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > [adverb] > in a continuous manner or without stopping
fastlyOE
anonOE
everOE
everylikec1225
continuallyc1305
atreet1340
unceasinglyc1340
perpetuallyc1385
incessably1398
desselya1400
ithandlya1400
dreichlyc1400
restlessc1400
contunely1447
all alongc1450
dessantlyc1460
incessantly1481
still opece1488
uncessantlya1500
continuinglya1513
in ane1513
away1526
incessant1558
restlessly1567
square1570
stintless1598
ceaselessly?1606
residently1609
unrestingly1621
indesinently1651
jugially1654
unintermissively1656
constantly1682
hand to fist1706
forever1753
unintermittingly1784
round the clock1816
continuously1826
unpausingly1831
sustainedly1842
pauselessly1845
remorselessly1845
around the clock1872
play-by-play1889
ball-by-ball1906
non-stop1920
solidly1937
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adverb] > without cessation
fastlyOE
without ceasec1330
without ceasinga1340
unceasinglyc1340
incessably1398
dreichlyc1400
restlessc1400
perpetuallyc1475
incessantly1481
uncessantlya1500
incessant1558
ceaselessly?1606
indesinently1651
jugially1654
unintermissively1656
upon or on a stretch1689
at one or a stretch1774
unabatingly1793
at the stretch1867
never-ceasingly1869
c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. 3 Wharefore, what may do faile vn-to hym þat couaytes vn-cessandly for to lufe þe name of Ihesu?
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Isa. Prol. For the present bacbityng by which me enemys vncesendely to-tern, he to me ȝelde meede in tyme to come.
c1425 Found. St. Barth. ii. xxviii All the benefetys..that hath be don yn the portys of the see..unsessyngly.
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 101 Þat þai godis giftis knawand in al þer hart hym þa suld glorify & lufe vncessyngly.
1779 Mirror No. 37 To wear high feathers, and to wave them more unceasingly than any other ladies.
1809 N. Pinkney Trav. South of France 147 They are temperate, unceasingly gay, and sufficiently clad.
1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. vii. 161 She was harassed by the sense of being unceasingly criticised.
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