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relentlessly

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[ri-lent-lis-lee] / rɪˈlɛnt lɪs li /

adverb

  1. without letting up, pausing, or giving up; persistently.

    To win, you need to keep coming at the other team relentlessly, without allowing them time to adjust or alter strategy.

Etymology

Origin of relentlessly

relentless ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

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It’s also true that Apple has spent the past half-century relentlessly looking forward.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

It relentlessly moves forward independent of a person’s actions or desires.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

And nearly two weeks later, despite relentlessly negative press coverage and the prospect of economic troubles, he hasn’t called it off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

It added that it would "continue to operate relentlessly, day and night, out of a deep commitment to bringing all of Israel's sons, the fallen and the missing, back home".

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Neither Pipkin nor Dandelion was at morning silflay; and Hazel relentlessly took the others up to the beech hanger to go on with the digging.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

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