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endlessly

end·lessly

UK/ˈɛndləsli/ US/ˈɛndlʌsli/ uncommon

adverb

1.

continuing forever without end

  • “there are infinitely many possibilities”
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2.

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”
3.

(spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds

  • “the Nubian desert seemed to stretch out before them endlessly”
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4.

all the time; seemingly without stopping

  • “a theological student with whom I argued interminably”
  • “her nagging went on endlessly”
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Origin

From Middle English endelesly, from Old English endelēaslīċe; equivalent to endless + -ly.

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