Meaning & use

Ceaselessly

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Without ever stopping; continuously.

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Rain fell ceaselessly throughout the long weekend.

The factory machines hummed ceaselessly through the night shift.

A note on using this word

Formed from 'cease' plus the negating suffix '-less' and the adverbial '-ly,' it emphasizes an action with no pause or interruption.

Words with a similar meaning

continuouslyincessantlyendlessly

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Words with an opposite meaning

intermittentlyoccasionally

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