Always vs Unceasing - What's the difference?
always | unceasing |
At all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually.
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, title= Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly;—opposed to sometimes or occasionally.
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*1840 ,
*:His liveries are black,—his carriage is black,—he always rides a black galloway,—and, faith, if he ever marry again, I think he will show his respect to the sainted Maria by marrying a black woman.
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*:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title=
, passage=And so it had always pleased M. Stutz to expect great things from the dark young man whom he had first seen in his early twenties?; and his expectations has waxed rather than waned on hearing the faint bruit of the love of Ivor and Virginia—for Virginia, M. Stutz thought, would bring fineness to a point in a man like Ivor Marlay,
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=7 (lb) In any event.
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continuous; continuing indefinitely without stopping
* 1841 , William Johnstoun N. Neale, The naval surgeon (page 136)
As an adverb always
is at all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually.As an adjective unceasing is
continuous; continuing indefinitely without stopping.always
English
(wikipedia always)Alternative forms
* alwayes (obsolete)Adverb
(-)David Van Tassel], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan
Wild Plants to the Rescue, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
“Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=Ep./1/1
citation, passage=The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.}}
Usage notes
* Used for both duration and frequency.Derived terms
* alwaysnessSynonyms
* (at all times) foreverAntonyms
* (at all times) neverunceasing
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The unceasing fatigue of my daily walks to and from Clapham, with my various trudgings from one Doctor Humbug to another Doctor Whimsical, combined with the before-mentioned causes to affect my health.