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unˈceasingly, adv.
Also 4 vncesendly, -cessandly, -seshandle; 5 vncessyngly, -sessyngly, unsessyngly.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
Without ceasing; incessantly.
c1340Hampole Prose Tr. 3 Wharefore, what may do faile vn-to hym þat couaytes vn-cessandly for to lufe þe name of Ihesu? 1382Wyclif Isaiah Prol., For the present bacbityng by which me enemys vncesendely to-tern, he to me ȝelde meede in tyme to come. c1425Found. St. Barth. ii. xxviii, All the benefetys..that hath be don yn the portys of the see..unsessyngly. 1435Misyn Fire of Love 101 Þat þai godis giftis knawand in al þer hart hym þa suld glorify & lufe vncessyngly. 1779Mirror No. 37, To wear high feathers, and to wave them more unceasingly than any other ladies. 1809N. Pinkney Trav. France 147 They are temperate, unceasingly gay, and sufficiently clad. 1880‘Ouida’ Moths I. vii. 161 She was harassed by the sense of being unceasingly criticised. |