Dictionary Definition
incessantly adv : with unflagging resolve; "dance
inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the
shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste"
[syn: endlessly,
ceaselessly,
unceasingly,
unendingly, continuously]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adverb
- In an incessant
manner; 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?"
- "And your hair has become very white;
- "You are old, father William," the young man said,
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ad infinitum, again and again, always, at a stretch, at all
times, ceaselessly,
connectedly,
constantly, continually, continuously, cumulatively, cyclically, daily, daily and hourly, day after
day, day and night, endlessly, eternally, ever, ever and anon, everlastingly, every day,
every hour, every moment, hour after hour, hourly, in perpetuity, indestructibly, infinitely, interminably, monotonously, month after
month, never-endingly, night and day, on a stretch, on and on, on
end, perdurably,
perennially,
permanently,
perpetually,
rapidly, regularly, repetitively, right along,
round the clock, steadily, sustainedly, time without
end, together, unbrokenly, unceasingly, unendingly, unintermittently,
uninterruptedly,
unrelievedly,
unvaryingly, without
a break, without cease, without end, without letup, without
stopping, world without end, year after year