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1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus (i. 6) 93 Such a one..prostituteth himselfe remorselessly vnto all lewdnes.

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. vii. 5) Those pollutions he had remorselessly wallowed in.

a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) X. 172 Who..remorselessly and unworthily took his fellow by the throat for an hundred pence.

1757 J. H. Grose Voy. E.-Indies x. 219 They would, without any farther ceremony or enquiry, remorselessly rip their bellies open, and leave them to that cruel death.

1814 R. Southey Odes i. vi A merciless oppressor hast thou been, Thyself remorselessly oppress'd meantime.

1881 A. Bathgate Waitaruna 271 [Publicans] will keep an unfortunate man in a state of intoxication for weeks,..then when his money is done they will kick him out remorselessly.

1926 Jrnl. Relig. 6 153 Worship will be comfortably enjoyed at home by listeners-in, who will remorselessly tune out the dull preachers and the imperfect music.

2007 Internat. Fiction Rev. (Nexis) 1 Jan. 196 The Stranger, a novel about..Mersault, who decidedly refuses to grieve the death of his mother and remorselessly kills a native Arab.

1845 G. S. Phillips Pen & Ink Sketches 117 Onward we go, along straight and dreary-looking roads—rain pouring down remorselessly from above.

1881 W. O. Stoddard Esau Hardery xviii. 179 The railway train was bearing him remorselessly back to the seminary.

1939 G. Greene Lawless Roads 302 He thought perhaps he'd jump the ship at Lisbon—but..he was carried remorselessly on.

1959 Sunday Express 30 Aug. 12/7 With the election moving remorselessly nearer, pie-in-the-sky days are here again.

1991 A. Carter Wise Children (1992) ii. 93 He'd tango on remorselessly for a good half-hour at a time.

2005 Independent 6 June 26/4 The number of cars registered on the roads already stands at around 25 million and is set to rise remorselessly in coming years.