Meaning & use

interminably

adverb·Advanced

In a way that seems to go on forever, without end, and often tediously.

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The meeting dragged on interminably, with no one willing to make a final decision.

She waited interminably at the airport after her connecting flight was delayed for hours.

A note on using this word

Interminably usually carries a tone of impatience or boredom, unlike the more neutral endlessly.

Words with a similar meaning

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