ceaselessly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin cēdō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin cessōder.

Middle French cesserbor.

Middle English cesen

English cease

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.

Proto-Germanic *leusaną

Proto-Germanic *lausaz

Proto-Germanic *-lausaz

Proto-West Germanic *-laus

Old English -lēas

Middle English -les

English -less

English ceaseless

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English ceaselessly

From ceaseless + -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

ceaselessly (comparative more ceaselessly, superlative most ceaselessly)

1. Without ceasing.

   Synonyms: eternally, nonstop, unendingly; see also Thesaurus:continuously

   • 1905, Richard Jefferies, Nature Near London:

     So the woods are silent, still, and deserted, save by a stray rabbit among the thistles, and the grasshoppers ceaselessly leaping in the grass.

   • 1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 9, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, page 182:

     So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

Translations

without ceasing — see also incessantly

• Czech: neustále (cs), nepřetržitě (cs), ustavičně (cs)
• Esperanto: senĉese
• Greek: ατελείωτα (el) (ateleíota), ατέλειωτα (el) (atéleiota)
• Hungarian: szüntelenül (hu)
• Ingrian: yhtäperrää
• Italian: incessantemente (it)
• Polish: bezustannie (pl)
• Russian: беспреста́нно (ru) (besprestánno)
• Slovak: neustále
• Vietnamese: hoài (vi)