unpausingadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpɔːzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɔzɪŋ/, /ˌənˈpɑzɪŋ/ Without a pause; not pausing or hesitating; incessant.
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
1585 T. Bilson True Difference Christian Subiection iv. 662 Our beliefe is, that his mightie word, not your vnpausing speech or intentiue lookes performeth the Sacrament.
a1750 A. Hill Wks. (1753) IV. 368 The glib, round, rolling, emptiness of an unpausing insignificance in speaking.
1790 Gentleman's Mag. May 448/1 The years Unpausing glide away.
1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens II. 371 Restless and unpausing energy.
1898 G. Wyndham Poems Shakespeare 266 The pause in the first line..is heavily pointed to prepare for the unpausing outburst of the last two.
1932 Weird Tales Sept. 343/2 Unpausing, with vague, fixed eyes, they went on like driven shadows.
1976 D. C. W. Harding Words into Rhythm ix. 126 The rhythm units flowing into one another to give almost unpausing continuity.
2009 F. Chappell Ancestors & Others 297 His unpausing talk was not irritating, because his goodwill was unmistakable.
Derivatives
unˈpausingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
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
1831 J. T. Molesworth Dict. Murathee & Eng. 578/2 Constantly, incessantly, unpausingly.
1917 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 101 They only keep, unpausingly and pure, the blue enfeoffments of their gorgeous sire.
2008 P. Viereck Transplantings 5 When he does move unpausingly to a new line, this is often his ‘body language’ for a mood of conflict and change.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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