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ceaseless

[ sees-lis ]

/ ˈsis lɪs /

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adjective

without stop or pause; unending; incessant.

Origin of ceaseless

First recorded in 1580–90; cease + -less

SYNONYMS FOR ceaseless

endless, continuous, constant, unceasing.

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OTHER WORDS FROM ceaseless

cease·less·ly, adverb cease·less·ness, noun

Words nearby ceaseless

cease, cease and desist, cease-and-desist order, cease-fire, ceasefire, ceaseless, ceauşescu, cebu, cebú, cec, cecal

Example sentences from the Web for ceaselessly

Because here's the thing: late night already has one ceaselessly enthusiastic host.

Seth Meyers Gets Off to a Rocky Start on 'Late Night' |Kevin Fallon |February 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He was always calm and authoritative, despite the awareness of knowing that the police were ceaselessly searching for him.

Mandela, My Source: One Journalist’s Memory of Clandestine Meetings |Benjamin Pogrund |December 6, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
You hear about it ceaselessly from the Tea Party caucus and Republicans generally.

End the Tax-Break Scam |Michael Tomasky |May 8, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Especially Hoe, court preacher of John George, ceaselessly hurled savage libels against them.

The Life of John of Barneveld, 1614-23, Volume II. |John Lothrop Motley

And in the monastery he was ceaselessly tormented by jealousy.

The Garden Of Allah |Robert Hichens
We lived with a pent-up volcano beneath us, and, day and night, we were ceaselessly vigilant.

Captain Canot |Brantz Mayer
The Confederates were alert and ceaselessly active in assailing this line and rendering it hopelessly insecure.

The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct, Volume II (of 2) |George Cary Eggleston
There is something basically wrong with the type of civilizations which Man builds and which ceaselessly devour one another.

The Brain |Alexander Blade

British Dictionary definitions for ceaselessly

ceaseless

/ (ˈsiːslɪs) /

adjective

without stop or pause; incessant

Derived forms of ceaseless

ceaselessly, adverb