unreturninglyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈtəːnɪŋli/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈtərnɪŋli/ Now rare.
Into a position or place from which there is no return; so as not to return.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > absence > [adverb] > without returning
unreturningly1819
1819 P. B. Shelley Rosalind & Helen 36 Like a vile weed Which the sea casts unreturningly.
1846 R. C. Trench Christ Desire of All Nations ii. 41 That sepulchre, to which it had seen its sons..unreturningly descend.
1902 Lutheran Church Rev. Jan. 8 Something, indeed, there is that corresponds to the ebb of the rising tide, but its movement as a whole is ever irresistibly and unreturningly onward.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
adv.1819