unceasingly
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of unceasingly
Explanation
When you do something unceasingly, you do it without stopping. Your dog might bark unceasingly every time you leave the house, keeping it up until you come home again. The adverb unceasingly literally means "without ceasing," or "without stopping." To do something unceasingly also implies that you're pretty determined and focused as well. You might, for example, devote your life to working unceasingly to end child poverty and hunger. Both unceasingly and cease, or "stop," have a Latin root word, cessare, "go slow, be idle, leave off, or give over."
Vocabulary lists containing unceasingly
The Outsiders
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Example Sentences
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Voices Unceasingly, Wherever we wander, Shall we be anhungered, Shall we be athirst, For Zion!
From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan
Unceasingly the hail of radiant lances poured from the spinning wheels, falling upon Towered Shapes and City's wall alike.
From The Metal Monster by Merritt, Abraham
Unceasingly the strain rises from one side, unceasingly the answer comes from the other; in the centre the voices meet and mingle in loud harmony.
From The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 by Stalker, James
And here we all are with walls between, but our doors open to: "He weaves the shining garments Unceasingly and still Along the quiet waters In niches of the hills."
From The Shield of Silence by Loughridge, George
Unceasingly it progressed, and the end rapidly grew nearer.
From Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon by Verne, Jules
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