Incessantly

Definition: Incessantly

Incessantly

Adverb

1. 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".

Date "incessantly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Incessantly

Synonyms: ceaselessly (adv), continuously (adv), endlessly (adv), unceasingly (adv), unendingly (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Incessantly

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Frequency	Erpetually, continually, constantly, incessantly, without ceasing, at all times, daily and hourly, night and day, day and night, day after day, morning noon and night, ever anon, invariably (habit).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Incessantly

English words defined with "incessantly": blab, blabber ♦ chatter, clack ♦ Forever and ever ♦ gabble, gibber ♦ jaw ♦ maunder ♦ palaver, pawky, piffle, prate, prattle ♦ rattle on ♦ tattle, tittle-tattle, To run on, twaddle ♦ yack, yack away, yap away. (references)

Specialty definitions using "incessantly": Fighting Kings ♦ Magic Rings ♦ Nastrond ♦ Ringing Island. (references)

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Photo Album: Incessantly

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	Never before have the fairest energies and aspirations of men flung so recklessly and incessantly into an abyss whence comes no sound or answer.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Incessantly

Author	Quotation
Confucius	The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, ''I shall today be uppermost.''
Henri Frederic Amiel	To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.
Johann Kaspar Lavater	Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.
Ralph Waldo Emerson	Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Incessantly

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	He shouts incessantly.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	Having once got hold they never let go, but struggled and wrestled and rolled on the chips incessantly.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Incessantly

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Another language-based behavior displayed by males with Fragile X is talking inappropriately and incessantly about one topic. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Incessantly

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	But his imagination is wild and extravagant, escapes incessantly from every restraint of reason and taste, and, in the course of its vagaries, leaves a tract of thought as incoherent and eccentric, as is the course of a meteor through the sky.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	If it is ever used for the ends of government, it has to be incessantly watched, or it corrupts the sources of the public virtue and agitates the country with questions unfavorable to the harmonious and steady pursuit of its true interests.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Incessantly

"Incessantly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 97.92% of the time. "Incessantly" is used about 96 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adverb (general)	97.92%	94	33,845
Noun (proper)	2.08%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	96	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Incessantly

Expression using "incessantly": talk incessantly. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Incessantly

Language		Translations for "incessantly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		vazhdimisht (again and again, ceaselessly, constantly, continually, continuously, non-stop, repeatedly, unceasingly, uninterruptedly). (various references)

Bulgarian		непрестанно (night and day). (various references)

Chinese		持续不断地, 不迭 (cannot cope, find it too much), 不止 (more than, not limited to, without end), 不已 (endlessly). (various references)

Czech		ustaviènì (constantly, continually), stále (all the time, always, constantly, continuously, invariably, nonstop, non-stop, persistently, steadily, still), neustále (constantly, continuously, perpetually). (various references)

Finnish		herkeämättä (without intermission). (various references)

German		unaufhörlich (all the time, ceaseless, ceaselessly, constant, continual, continuously, everlasting, incessant, incontinent, never ending, perpetual, unceasing, unceasingly, unending, unremitting, unremittingly), ständig (always, chronic, consistently, constant, constantly, continual, continually, continuing, continuous, continuously, established, forever, full, habitually, incessant, invariably, perennially, permanent, permanently, perpetual, perpetually, persistent, regular, resident, standing, steadily, steady, sustained). (various references)

Greek		ακατάπαυστα. (various references)

Hungarian		szüntelenül (ceaselessly, night and day, together). (various references)

Indonesian		gencar-gencarnya. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		� �りに (eagerly, frequently, repeatedly). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		たえまなく, しきりに (eagerly, frequently, repeatedly), ひっきりなし (continually, continuously). (various references)

Korean		끊임없 (Continuously, Perpetually). (various references)

Manx		gyn kione (endless, limitless, pointless), dy kinjagh (always, constantly, regularly). (various references)

Pig Latin		incessantlyay

Portuguese		falar sem parar (talk incessantly, yammer). (various references)

Romanian		încontinuu. (various references)

Russian		без умолку. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		neprestano (on and on, over and over, over and over again, permanently), neprekidno (constantly, continually, continuously, end: on end, seriatim). (various references)

Spanish		incesantemente (away, on and on, unceasingly). (various references)

Swedish		ständigt (always, at every turn, ever, habitually, invariably), oupphörligt (continuously, night and day, without cease), oabrutet. (various references)

Turkish		sürekli olarak (continually, continuously, evermore, in ordinary, invariably, on), ardı arkası kesilmeden, aralıksız olarak (on and on, repeatedly). (various references)

Turkmen		tьkeniksiz. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Incessantly

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	adsidua, adsiduat, incessanter, indesinenter. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Misspellings: Incessantly

Misspellings
	"Incessantly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: incessantiy, incessantl, incessatly, incessently, incesssantly, incesstantly. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Incessantly"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "incessantly" (pronounced i'nse"suntlē)
6	-s u n t l ē	complacently, decently, innocently, magnificently, recently.
5	-u n t l ē	abundantly, accidently, adamantly, apparently, ardently, arrogantly, blatantly, brilliantly, coherently, competently, concomitantly, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, currently, defiantly, differently, diligently, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, excellently, extravagantly, exultantly, fervently, flagrantly, flamboyantly, fluently, fraudulently, frequently, hesitantly, imminently, impatiently, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incoherently, incompetently, independently, indignantly, inefficiently, infrequently, inherently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intermittently, leniently, militantly, negligently, obediently, patently, patiently, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, predominantly, presently, prominently, prudently, pungently, reluctantly, reverently, significantly, silently, stridently, stringently, subsequently, sufficiently, transparently, triumphantly, unpleasantly, urgently, valiantly, vehemently, violently, virulently.
4	-n t l ē	bluntly, faintly, gently, intently, jointly, nonchalantly, quaintly, saintly.
3	-t l ē	abruptly, absolutely, accurately, acutely, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, appropriately, approximately, aptly, astutely, brightly, commensurately, compassionately, completely, concretely, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, curtly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, difficultly, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, elaborately, exactly, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, firstly, flatly, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imperfectly, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, incorrectly, indefinitely, indirectly, indiscriminately, ineptly, infinitely, innately, inordinately, intimately, intricately, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, legitimately, lightly, manifestly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, nightly, overtly, partly, passionately, perfectly, politely, portly, priestly, privately, promptly, proportionately, quietly, raptly, remotely, resolutely, rightly, robustly, secretly, separately, shortly, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, succinctly, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unsightly, vastly, Whitely.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Incessantly

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-l-n-n-s-s-t-y"
	-2 letters: anciently, incessant, instances, synclines.
	-3 letters: ancients, canniest, cineasts, clayiest, cyanines, cyanites, cysteins, cystines, elastics, elastins, innately, insanely, insanest, insectan, instance, instancy, laciness, nailsets, saliency, salients, saltines, sanicles, scaliest, scanties, scantily, secantly, stanines, stencils, syncline.
	-4 letters: acetins, acetyls, ancient, anticly, ascents, ascites, canines, cannels, cannily, cantles, caseins, castles, catlins, centals, cineast, clients, cyanine, cyanins, cyanite, cystein, cystine, ecstasy, ectasis, elastic, elastin, elysian, encinal, encinas, encysts, enlists, entails, entasis, inanely, inanest, incants, incases, incests, inlaces, innless, insects, instals, laciest, lancets, latency, latices, lectins, linnets, linseys, listens, lyncean, lysates, lysines, nailset, nancies, nascent, nasties, nastily, saintly, salient, salines, salties, saltine, sanicle, scaleni, scantly, secants, sennits, sestina, siennas, silanes, silents, sinsyne, slainte, stances, stanine, stannic, stencil, stylise, tansies, tenails, tenancy, tincals, tinsels, tisanes.
	-5 letters: acetin, acetyl, actins, aisles, aliens, alines, anenst, anises, antics, ascent, assent, atelic, canine, cannel, cannie, cantle, casein, castes, castle, catlin, centai, cental, centas, cestas, classy, clasts, cleans, cleats, client, clines, cyanin, cyesis, easily, eclats, elains, elints, enacts, enatic, encina, encyst, enlist, entail, inanes, incant, incase, incest, inlace, inlays, inlets, innate, insane, insect, insets, instal, islets, istles, lances, lancet, lassie, latens, leasts, lectin, lenity, lentic, lianes, linacs, linens, lineny, linnet, linsey, listen, litany, lyases, lysate, lysine, lysins, nances, nancys, nastic, neatly, nicely, nicest, nicety, ninety, saices, saints, saline, saltie, sanely, sanest, sanies, sanity, sansei, satins, satiny, sayest, scales, scants, scanty, scenas, scents, secant, selsyn, sennas, sennit, sienna, siesta, silane, silent, slants, slanty, slates, slatey, slices, sliest, slyest, snails, stains, stales, stance, stanes, steals, steins, stelai, stelic, stiles, styles, tannic, tassel, tassie, tenail, tenias, tennis, teslas, ticals, tincal, tineal, tineas, tinsel, tisane, yeasts, yentas.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-l-n-n-s-s-t-y"
	+3 letters: tyrannicalness.
	+5 letters: tyrannicalnesses.
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