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constantly | ceaseless |

As an adverb constantly

is (archaic) with steadfastness; with resolve; in loyalty, faithfully.

As an adjective ceaseless is

without an end.

constantly

English

Alternative forms

* constantlie * constauntly

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • (archaic) With steadfastness; with resolve; in loyalty, faithfully.
  • * , I.iv.1:
  • Agrippa and the rest of his weeping friends earnestly besought himnot to offer violence unto himself, ‘with a settled resolution he desired again they would approve of his good intent, and not seek to dehort him from it’; and so constantly died.
  • In a constant manner; occurring continuously; persistently.
  • (frequency) Recurring regularly.
  • I find that I am constantly reminding you to feed your pets.
  • In an unchangeable or invariable manner; in every case.
  • ceaseless

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Without an end.
  • Without stop or pause, incessant.
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  • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.}}