Antonyms for ceaselesslycease·less·ly

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1. ceaselesslyadverb

   Without ceasing.

   Synonyms:
   eternally, unendingly, nonstop

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1. endlessly, ceaselessly, incessantly, unceasingly, unendingly, continuouslyadverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   constantly, forever, endlessly, always, perpetually, infinitely, continuously, unendingly, unceasingly, incessantly, interminably

How to use ceaselessly in a sentence?

1. Francis Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby:

   So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

2. Georges Bataille:

   The essence of morality is a questioning about morality and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look for the origin of the opposition between good and evil.

3. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban:

   The EU has worked ceaselessly to undermine this programme.

4. Max Lerner:

   We all run on two clocks. One is the outside clock, which ticks away our decades and brings us ceaselessly to the dry season. The other is the inside clock, where you are your own timekeeper and determine your own chronology, your own internal weather and your own rate of living. Sometimes the inner clock runs itself out long before the outer one, and you see a dead man going through the motions of living.

5. Lewis Thomas:

   Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves, engage in child labor, exchange information ceaselessly. They do everything but watch television.

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