uninterruptedadj.adv.
/ˌʌnɪntəˈrʌptᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˌɪn(t)əˈrəptəd/ 1.
a. Not interrupted or broken in respect of continuity or sequence; unintermittent, continuous.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > continuing > [adjective] > continuous or without stop or pause (of action)
ithanda1300
continualc1340
unstintingc1380
perpetuala1382
unfailinga1382
unceasing1382
everlastinga1398
restless?a1439
continuedc1440
running1492
incessant1532
uncessant1548
incessable1552
universal1561
never-ceasing1567
still1570
unpausing1585
ceaseless1590
uncessable1596
indesinent1601
uninterrupted1602
unceasable1604
Sabbathless1605
unceased1605
unintermissive1610
unstaying1616
constant1653
jugial1654
uninterrupted1657
stopless1660
uncheque1671
chronical1672
unarrested1733
well-sustained1743
uninterrupt1776
unsuspended1792
sustained1796
pauseless1820
unhalting1832
persistent1842
unresting1856
unbreaking1870
non-stop1915
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > [adjective]
continualc1340
jointc1400
directa1513
unbroken1561
successive1586
continuate1601
uninterrupted1602
unintermitted1611
continued1628
concrete1651
constant1653
uninterrupted1657
unintermitting1661
solid1662
continuous1751
uninterrupt1776
unbroke1793
unintermittent1850
unbreathing1893
1602 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) xiii. lxxvi. 316 The euer mouing heauens vninterrupted rounde.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 5 The uninterrupted pleasures..of 22 years Peace.
1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 192. ⁋6 An uninterrupted Friendship and Felicity.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxi. 195 The uninterrupted succession of senators.
1849 R. Cobden Speeches 29 An interval of several years of uninterrupted peace.
1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times III. xl. 223 His career was one of uninterrupted success.
b. Not broken in surface; having no intervals between the parts.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > having no break in continuity
uninterrupted1791
1791 ‘T. Newte’ Prospects & Observ. Tour 58 The cascade..falls..in one uninterrupted sheet.
1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 159 The margin [of the shell is]..uninterrupted and reflected.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 1191/2 Uninterrupted, consisting of regularly increasing or diminishing parts, or of parts all of the same size.
2. Not disturbed or broken into; not interrupted by something.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > continuing > [adjective] > continuous or without stop or pause (of action)
ithanda1300
continualc1340
unstintingc1380
perpetuala1382
unfailinga1382
unceasing1382
everlastinga1398
restless?a1439
continuedc1440
running1492
incessant1532
uncessant1548
incessable1552
universal1561
never-ceasing1567
still1570
unpausing1585
ceaseless1590
uncessable1596
indesinent1601
uninterrupted1602
unceasable1604
Sabbathless1605
unceased1605
unintermissive1610
unstaying1616
constant1653
jugial1654
uninterrupted1657
stopless1660
uncheque1671
chronical1672
unarrested1733
well-sustained1743
uninterrupt1776
unsuspended1792
sustained1796
pauseless1820
unhalting1832
persistent1842
unresting1856
unbreaking1870
non-stop1915
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > [adjective]
continualc1340
jointc1400
directa1513
unbroken1561
successive1586
continuate1601
uninterrupted1602
unintermitted1611
continued1628
concrete1651
constant1653
uninterrupted1657
unintermitting1661
solid1662
continuous1751
uninterrupt1776
unbroke1793
unintermittent1850
unbreathing1893
1657 Cromwell Speech in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1811) VI. 367 A more free exercise, more uninterrupted by any hand of power.
1728 E. Haywood tr. M.-A. de Gomez Belle Assemblée (1732) II. 63 The rest of our Voyage was..uninterrupted by the least cross Accident whatever.
1796 F. Burney Camilla V. ix. x. 202 Mr. Tyrold would not suffer this scene to be long uninterrupted.
1854 Poultry Chron. 2 194/2 An uninterrupted day of rest.
1873 B. Harte Episode of Fiddletown 7 The dwellings were..uninterrupted by shops.
3. adv. Without interruption; unhindered.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > [adverb] > without hindrance or encumberment
freelyeOE
wellOE
freec1250
glidderly13..
without (also but) lettingc1330
oliver current1466
smootha1500
pronewise1585
currently1586
glib1594
glibly1607
clearly1612
swimminglya1640
smoothly1668
uninterrupted1677
unobstructedly1788
smack-smooth1802
sweetly1825
sweet1846
unimpededly1846
hitchlessly1910
1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 3 That the Smacks and small Vessels may..fetch in Provisions and Naval Stores uninterrupted.
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