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incessantly, adv.|ɪnˈsɛsəntlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2: cf. F. incessamment, L. incessānter, both found earlier than the adj. on the type of which they are formed.]
1. In an incessant manner; without cessation; unceasingly.
14..Lament. Mary Magd. lxxxv, Myne hert is wounded with thy charite, It brenneth, it flameth incessauntly. 1481Caxton Godefroy ccix. 306 Thise turkes..pourchaced incessantly alle the harme & euyl that they myght. 1534More Comf. agst. Trib. i. Wks. 1161/1 When Sainct Peter was in prieson..the whole churche without intermission prayed incessantely for him. c1611Chapman Iliad xix. 349 The frosty north wind blowes a cold thicke sleete..flakes after flakes, incessantly descending. 1682Norris Hierocles 3 They incessantly enjoy the divine felicity. 1712Budgell Spect. No. 404 ⁋6 Cælia's Tongue runs incessantly. 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. xii. I. 330 He was incessantly tormented by factions which he could not asswage. 1880Haughton Phys. Geog. iv. 190 During which time heavy rain pours incessantly.
†2. For ever; perpetually. Obs.
1481Caxton Myrr. i. i. 5 Certainly god was to fore, and shal be incessantly after without ende & withoute begynnyng.
†3. Without pausing; instantly; immediately.
1472Plumpton Corr. (Camden) p. lxxvii, The said Joan making like response incessantly to the said Sir William. 1649Lovelace Poems (1864) 41 My oathes..then with thee incessantly grew cold. 1700Congreve Way of World v. viii, If I see him I fear I shall turn to Stone, and petrifie incessantly. a1807A. Addison Charge to Jury (Cent.), I shall incessantly order him to be stripped of his gown. |