ceaseless

ceaseless
adjective Date: 1570 continuing without cease ; constant <
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ceaselessly adverbceaselessness noun

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  • Ceaseless — Cease less, a. Without pause or end; incessant. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ceaseless — Cease less, adv. Without intermission or end. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ceaseless — index chronic, continual (perpetual), continuous, durable, incessant, infinite, open ended, permanent …   Law dictionary

  • ceaseless — 1580s, from CEASE (Cf. cease) + LESS (Cf. less). Related: Ceaselessly …   Etymology dictionary

  • ceaseless — [adj] never ending amaranthine, constant, continual, continuous, day and night*, endless, eternal, everlasting, incessant, indefatigable, interminable, nonstop, on a treadmill*, perennial, perpetual, round the clock*, unceasing, unending,… …   New thesaurus

  • ceaseless — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ constant and unending. DERIVATIVES ceaselessly adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • ceaseless — [sēs′lis] adj. unceasing; continual ceaselessly adv …   English World dictionary

  • ceaseless — [[t]si͟ːsləs[/t]] ADJ GRADED If something, often something unpleasant, is ceaseless, it continues for a long time without stopping or changing. [FORMAL] There is a ceaseless struggle from noon to night. Syn: endless Derived words: ceaselessly ADV …   English dictionary

  • ceaseless — adj. Ceaseless is used with these nouns: ↑flow, ↑struggle, ↑toil …   Collocations dictionary

  • ceaseless — cease|less [ˈsi:sləs] adj happening for a long time without stopping ▪ the ceaseless fight against crime >ceaselessly adv ▪ The men worked ceaselessly through the night …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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