incessantly

adverb

in·​ces·​sant·​ly (ˌ)in-ˈse-sᵊnt-lē How to pronounce incessantly (audio)
: in an unceasing manner : without interruption or relief : continually
talking incessantly
… still lived at home with his mother, who pestered him incessantly to get married …Walter Karp

Examples of incessantly in a Sentence

she incessantly made the same suggestion for a Roman theme whenever anyone mentioned holding a party
Recent Examples on the Web In other news, a few hours earlier and a few miles away by car or incessantly honking Yellow cab, a former president of the United States was convicted of 34 felonies. Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 31 May 2024 Being in the back of a camper was particularly welcome because both of our parents smoked incessantly — as people did back then — so riding in the back of our Ford Falcon station wagon was a cornucopia of second-hand smoke. Marla Jo Fisher, Orange County Register, 29 May 2024 This process isn’t possible when the fantasy world flickers incessantly with reminders of yourself. Moeko Fujii, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024 There’s nothing wrong with being special — except when the message is consistently and incessantly communicated in so many words and deeds that family medicine and much of the rest of primary care is reserved for the less capable of their classmates. Patrick Skerrett, STAT, 27 Apr. 2024 Luther’s weight was a topic of conversation incessantly in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Addie Morfoot, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024 In a free-for-all traffic environment, drivers alerted pedestrians and other vehicle operators by using the horn incessantly. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024 Arvind knows plenty about that, engaging with his own narcissism incessantly. David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024 Constant crowds swarmed the mural, incessantly triggering the building’s security light; this led the property’s owner to cover the work with black paint and sell the office space. Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of incessantly was in the 15th century

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“Incessantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incessantly. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.

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