measurelesslyadv.
/ˈmɛʒələsli/, U.S. /ˈmɛʒərləsli/ Chiefly literary and poetic.
Immeasurably, infinitely.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > infiniteness > [adverb]
without metc1175
unendlyc1230
endless138.
infinitely1413
interminably1447
incomprehensibly1531
in infinitum1564
ad infinitum1596
unboundably1607
unlimitedly1609
illimitedlya1631
unconfinedly1655
boundlessly1674
unbeginningly1674
illimitably1755
infinitesimally1801
limitlessly1834
measurelessly1839
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > immeasurably or inestimably
unimetelya1240
unmeasurablyc1390
unmeasurablec1443
inestimablec1460
inestimablya1530
uncountably1599
invaluably1601
unmeasuredly1602
immeasurably1631
incommensurably1652
incalculably1806
measurelessly1839
1839 H. Ellison Madmoments (new ed.) II. 5 All Joy he feels, all Good done doth he do, And yet a measurelessly greater too!
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 58 Joy even in thine anguish!—such was His, But measurelessly more.
1887 E. Dowden Life Shelley I. ix. 435 The man whose life—measurelessly dear to her—seemed to be placed in her hands.
1900 W. Alexander Finding of Bk. 308 Spiritual ocean, measurelessly broad.
1943 D. Gascoyne Poems 1937–42 34 So much to tell: so measurelessly more Than this poor rusting pen could ever dare To try to scratch a hint of.
1995 Independent (Nexis) 13 Apr. 24 He gives the innocuous word a measurelessly scornful inflection.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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