Meanings
comparative more ceaselessly · superlative most ceaselessly
- Without ceasing.
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 9, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, page 1821 more example
So the woods are silent, still, and deserted, save by a stray rabbit among the thistles, and the grasshoppers ceaselessly leaping in the grass.
1905, Richard Jefferies, Nature Near LondonSynonyms: eternally, nonstop, unendingly, consecutively, constantly, continently, continually, continuously
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbWithout ceasing.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbwith unflagging resolve
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Czech neustále, nepřetržitě
- neustálewithout ceasing
- nepřetržitěwithout ceasing
- ustavičněwithout ceasing
Esperanto senĉese
- senĉesewithout ceasing
Greek ατελείωτα, ατέλειωτα
- ατελείωτα (ateleíota)without ceasing
- ατέλειωτα (atéleiota)without ceasing
Hungarian szüntelenül
- szüntelenülwithout ceasing
Italian incessantemente
- incessantementewithout ceasing
Polish bezustannie
- bezustanniewithout ceasing
Russian беспреста́нно
- беспреста́нно (besprestánno)without ceasing
Slovak neustále
- neustálewithout ceasing
Vietnamese hoài
- hoàiwithout ceasing
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ceaselessly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceaselessly
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