Meaning & use

unceasingly

adverb·Advanced

Without stopping or pausing; continuously, over a long period of time.

See it in a sentence

Rain fell unceasingly for three days, flooding roads across the region.

She worked unceasingly to finish the project before the deadline.

A note on using this word

Unceasingly is a formal, literary adverb, more common in written descriptions than in everyday conversation.

Words with a similar meaning

continuouslyincessantlyceaselessly

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Words with an opposite meaning

intermittentlyoccasionally

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