incessantly

[ in-ses-uhnt-lee ]

adverb

1. without stopping; continuously; ceaselessly:

   We download, upload, follow conversations, read texts, and incessantly interact with our digital doodads.

Word History and Origins

Origin of incessantly¹

incessant ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

A politics that trades incessantly on disdaining “white male” this and that and on hyping “toxic masculinity” is as self-defeating as a purportedly “anti-racist” politics that ends up hyping racial identity itself.

From Salon

Beholden to the ticket machine incessantly spitting out orders, we moved at superhuman speed.

From Los Angeles Times

Her broader arc in “Book of Carol” has to do with facing her greatest trauma and the moment that haunts her incessantly.

From Salon

“I practiced that dance incessantly, every day, until we shot it because it’s so far outside of the way my body moves. But I really enjoyed pushing myself to figure it out.”

From Los Angeles Times

And so this outreach is very like, "Please let us know if you want to talk. We're not going to pressure you or follow up incessantly or anything like that."

From Salon

Related Words

• constantly
• endlessly
• regularly