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unceasing

[ uhn-see-sing ]

/ ʌnˈsi sɪŋ /

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adjective

not ceasing or stopping; continuous: an unceasing flow of criticism.

Origin of unceasing

1350–1400; Middle English uncesynge; see un-¹, cease, -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM unceasing

un·ceas·ing·ly, adverb un·ceas·ing·ness, noun

Words nearby unceasing

uncapable, uncared-for, uncas, uncase, uncaused, unceasing, uncensored, unceremonious, uncertain, uncertainty, uncertainty principle

Example sentences from the Web for unceasingly

"Day and night unceasingly for over fifty years their supplication has been going up to the saints above," said Katina.

The Shadow of the Czar |John R. Carling
The animated world is unceasingly eating and digesting itself.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 |Various
It came heavily but unceasingly, the coils unwinding fathom after fathom at her side.

The Pursuit |Frank (Frank Mackenzie) Savile
Christianity acquired new power and inwardness, and Nature was unceasingly praised as the mirror of the divine idea of creation.

The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times |Alfred Biese

The worthy man preached to him unceasingly on this point, hastening to clip the wings of every audacious fancy.

Dona Perfecta |B. Perez Galdos

British Dictionary definitions for unceasingly

unceasing

/ (ʌnˈsiːsɪŋ) /

adjective

not ceasing or ending

Derived forms of unceasing

unceasingly, adverb unceasingness, noun