incessantly

WOTD – 1 July 2010    

English

Etymology

incessant +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ɪnˈsɛs.ənt.li/

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Adverb

incessantly (not comparable)

1. In a manner without pause or stop, especially to the point of annoyance; not ceasing.

   He jabbered incessantly and annoyed everyone.

   • 1865 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

     "You are old, father William," the young man said,

     "And your hair has become very white;

     And yet you incessantly stand on your head--

     Do you think, at your age, it is right?"

Synonyms

• (in a manner without pause or stop): ceaselessly, continuously, unremittingly

Related terms

• incessant

Translations

in a manner without pause or stop

• Armenian: անդադար (hy) (andadar)

  Old Armenian: անդադար (andadar)

• Basque: etengabe (eu), etenik gabe (eu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不斷 (cmn), 不断 (cmn) (bùduàn), 不止 (cmn) (bùzhǐ), 不迭 (cmn) (bùdié)

• Dutch: onophoudelijk (nl), aanhoudend (nl), onophoudend (nl)
• Esperanto: senĉese (eo)
• Finnish: herkeämättä (fi)
• French: sans cesse (fr)

• German: ständig (de), immerzu (de), fortwährend (de), unaufhörlich (de)
• Italian: incessantemente (it)
• Japanese: 引っ切り無し (ja) (ひっきりなし, hikkirinashi)
• Norwegian: ustanselig (no)
• Russian: беспрестанно (ru) (besprestánno), непрерывно (ru) (neprerývno), постоянно (ru) (postojanno), бесконечно (ru) (beskonečno)
• Scottish Gaelic: daonnan (gd), an còmhnaidh, gu sìor (gd)
• Spanish: incesantemente (es), sin cesar (es)