never-ceasingadj.
/ˌnɛvəˈsiːsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌnɛvərˈsisɪŋ/ Unceasing, ceaseless; constant, continual.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > continuing > [adjective] > continuous or without stop or pause (of action)
ithanda1300
continualc1340
unstintingc1380
perpetuala1382
unfailinga1382
unceasing1382
everlastinga1398
restless?a1439
continuedc1440
running1492
incessant1532
uncessant1548
incessable1552
universal1561
never-ceasing1567
still1570
unpausing1585
ceaseless1590
uncessable1596
indesinent1601
uninterrupted1602
unceasable1604
Sabbathless1605
unceased1605
unintermissive1610
unstaying1616
constant1653
jugial1654
uninterrupted1657
stopless1660
uncheque1671
chronical1672
unarrested1733
well-sustained1743
uninterrupt1776
unsuspended1792
sustained1796
pauseless1820
unhalting1832
persistent1842
unresting1856
unbreaking1870
non-stop1915
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adjective] > lasting, continuous
endlessc888
perpetuala1382
unceasing1382
restless?c1425
biding1430
continual1462
remanent?a1475
incessant1532
uncessant1548
incessable1552
never-ceasing1567
still1570
ceaseless1590
indesinent1601
unceasable1604
unintermissive1610
constant1653
jugial1654
tarrying1654
insuccessive1678
perpetuative1785
1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Bj The presidentes of greake wryters To know, and vnderstand, Reede them, and turne them day and nighte With neuer ceasing hand.
c1602 F. Davison in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 326 I thine aid importune With neuer-ceasing cries.
1678 A. Seller Devout Communicant (ed. 4) 232 Multiplied with a never ceasing Numeration.
1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) vi. iv With never-ceasing Moans I languish for Relief.
1826 H. H. Milman Anne Boleyn (1827) 33 The full organ's never-ceasing sound.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 129 There is a never-ceasing transference of solid matter from the land to the ocean.
1901 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 164/1 The never ceasing strain between the freedom of man as an individual and his bondage as a member of society.
1986 L. Nkosi Mating Birds xi. 70 We must talk only of the part you play in the never-ceasing flow of life.
Derivatives
never-ˈceasingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adverb] > without cessation
fastlyOE
without ceasec1330
without ceasinga1340
unceasinglyc1340
incessably1398
dreichlyc1400
restlessc1400
perpetuallyc1475
incessantly1481
uncessantlya1500
incessant1558
ceaselessly?1606
indesinently1651
jugially1654
unintermissively1656
upon or on a stretch1689
at one or a stretch1774
unabatingly1793
at the stretch1867
never-ceasingly1869
1869 J. Haig Symbolism i. 1 The thoughts of each are necessarily, or never-ceasingly, confined to himself alone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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