relentlessly

[ ri-lent-lis-lee ]

adverb

1. without letting up, pausing, or giving up; persistently:

   To win, you need to keep coming at the other team relentlessly, without allowing them time to adjust or alter strategy.

Word History and Origins

Origin of relentlessly¹

relentless ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

He has relentlessly condemned Merrick Garland, Biden’s attorney general, as well as special counsel Jack Smith, who charged Trump with election subversion and theft of classified documents.

From Slate

It’s the most extreme appeals court in the country, an ultraconservative, brazenly partisan body that relentlessly reshapes the law in the Republican Party’s image, often going too far for even this very right-wing Supreme Court.

From Slate

"But it is still the year’s most relentlessly entertaining blockbuster."

From BBC

"Early Black liberals rejected pessimism and apathy. Studying their resolve can show us what it looks like to have hope in the face of setbacks and to relentlessly bear witness to the plight of the most vulnerable."

From Salon

Studying their resolve can show us what it looks like to have hope in the face of setbacks and to relentlessly bear witness to the plight of the most vulnerable among us.

From Salon

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