Resistlessly vs Unresistingly - What's the difference?
resistlessly | unresistingly | Synonyms |
(archaic, chiefly, literary) In an unresisting manner; without objection or opposition.
* 1855 , , "A Song of the Rolling Earth," in Leaves of Grass :
*:: sixty-five resistlessly round the sun
* 1879 , , Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons , ch. 76:
* 1913 , , John Barleycorn , ch. 1:
* 1921 , , The Lamp of Fate , ch. 19:
Resistlessly is a synonym of unresistingly.
As adverbs the difference between resistlessly and unresistingly
is that resistlessly is (archaic|chiefly|literary) in an unresisting manner; without objection or opposition while unresistingly is in an unresisting way; without resistance.resistlessly
English
Adverb
(-)- Embracing man, embracing all, proceed the three hundred and
- Sherman was sweeping resistlessly across the State.
- And by alcoholic I mean a man whose chemistry craves alcohol and drives him resistlessly to it.
- She yielded resistlessly , every fibre of her being quivering responsive to the overwhelming passion of love which had at last stormed and broken down all barriers.