unceasingly

American  

[uhn-see-sing-lee] / ʌnˈsi sɪŋ li /

adverb

1. without stopping; continuously.

   As principal, she has worked unceasingly to instill a sense of excellence in students, faculty, and staff.

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Etymology

Origin of unceasingly

unceasing ( def. ) + -ly

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."

Example Sentences

Here, progressiveness isn’t derived from depicting queer people as singularly, unceasingly good or bad.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

The mayor described the Mac Gabhann family as "unceasingly brave" and said the six-year-old had "moved mountains".

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2023

Paul had a foul mouth too, as well as a quick temper, but was unceasingly loyal, down to the youngest production assistant.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2023

Mr. Bradley was an enforcer for the Nation of Islam, which Malcolm X had joined in 1952 and promoted unceasingly for a dozen years before an acrimonious break the year before the assassination.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2021

It offered him no comfort, but he repeated it unceasingly.

From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer

Related Words

• consistently
• constantly
• ever
• invariably
• regularly
• repeatedly