Meanings
- not comparableWithout ceasing (stopping); continuously.
Since that date the work on the new station has gone ahead unceasingly.
1958 September 28, C. Alan Cook, “Johannesburg's Fourth Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 6411 more example
All concerned, more particularly those in charge of the depots, worked unceasingly for long hours.
1961 July, “Glasgow emergency - the restoration of Clydeside steam suburban services”, in Trains Illustrated, page 432Synonyms: ceaselessly, incessantly, nonstop
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbWithout ceasing (stopping); continuously.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbwith unflagging resolve
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan incessantment, sense aturador
- incessantmentwithout ceasing
- sense aturadorwithout ceasing
Esperanto senĉese
- senĉesewithout ceasing
Finnish herkeämättä
- herkeämättäwithout ceasing
French incessamment, sans cesse
- incessammentwithout ceasing
- sans cessewithout ceasing
Greek αδιάκοπα, αδιαλείπτως
- αδιάκοπα (adiákopa)without ceasing
- αδιαλείπτως (adialeíptos)without ceasing
Hungarian szüntelenül
- szüntelenülwithout ceasing
Romanian neîncetat, fără sfârșit
- neîncetatwithout ceasing
- fără sfârșitwithout ceasing
Slovak neprestajne
- neprestajnewithout ceasing
Spanish sin cesar, incesantemente
- sin cesarwithout ceasing
- incesantementewithout ceasing
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unceasingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unceasingly
“unceasingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unceasingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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