restlesslyadv.
/ˈrɛs(t)ləsli/, U.S. /ˈrɛs(t)ləsli/ In a restless manner; without resting or pausing; unceasingly; uneasily.
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the world > action or operation > continuing > [adverb] > in a continuous manner or without stopping
fastlyOE
anonOE
everOE
everylikec1225
continuallyc1305
atreet1340
unceasinglyc1340
perpetuallyc1385
incessably1398
desselya1400
ithandlya1400
dreichlyc1400
restlessc1400
contunely1447
all alongc1450
dessantlyc1460
incessantly1481
still opece1488
uncessantlya1500
continuinglya1513
in ane1513
away1526
incessant1558
restlessly1567
square1570
stintless1598
ceaselessly?1606
residently1609
unrestingly1621
indesinently1651
jugially1654
unintermissively1656
constantly1682
hand to fist1706
forever1753
unintermittingly1784
round the clock1816
continuously1826
unpausingly1831
sustainedly1842
pauselessly1845
remorselessly1845
around the clock1872
play-by-play1889
ball-by-ball1906
non-stop1920
solidly1937
the world > movement > restlessness > [adverb]
unrestly1561
restlessly1847
fidgetily1880
fidgetingly1882
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [adverb]
unquietly?1518
troubledly1599
disquietly?1608
incomposedly1615
discomposedly1662
disturbedly1731
agitatedly1803
restless1810
disorderly1811
restlessly1847
disquietedly1857
discomfortably1873
inquietly1893
troublously1897
disconcertedly1909
1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) ix. f. 117 From his wits and from his natiue place The furies..shall restlessely him chace.
c1642 Contra-Replicant's Complaint 10 How restlesly active they al are.
1676 R. Cudworth Serm. 1 Cor. xv. 57 Which every true Christian ought..to endeavour after, and restlessly to pursue.
1704 G. Hooper Serm. Preach'd Before Lords 28 Our Observance of the Orders of Our Lord..will most certainly Assure us of Everlasting Salvation. For That, we ought to be restlessly Sollicitous.
1788 H. Cowley Fate of Sparta 54 Ye know, why ye bestow'd..those contending passions Which restlessly oppose, and vex each other!
1816 P. B. Shelley Mutability in Alistor 2 How restlessly they [sc. clouds] speed!
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. vi. 163 Turning restlessly, she drew the bed-clothes round her.
1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon I. 12 Letting her fingers play restlessly with an ivory paper-cutter.
1966 C. Ekwensi Lokotown 8 The queue moved restlessly. It was hot and no bus came.
1989 M. Meyer Not Prince Hamlet xvii. 219 Although he was now into his sixties, he continued to travel as restlessly as ever.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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