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relentlessly

American  
[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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Magic Johnson is relentlessly positive, a quality that has served him well as a player, a businessman and even while living with HIV since 1991.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

The Tampa Bay Rays relentlessly hunt for advantages that other teams miss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

"Floating" is how he describes people working relentlessly just to survive, like a hummingbird that keeps flapping its wings to stay mid-air.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

At the center of the hall, a series of DJs oversaw a dance floor and kept the mood relentlessly upbeat.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

He was upbeat, relentlessly so, in a way that only an American of his kind could be, and there was an infantile quality to this that she found admirable and repulsive.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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