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ceaseless

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cease·less  (ssls)
adj.
Without stop or pause; constant. See Synonyms at continual.

ceaseless·ly adv.
ceaseless·ness n.

ceaseless [ˈsiːslɪs]
adj
without stop or pause; incessant
ceaselessly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.ceaselessceaseless - uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of hunger"
continuous, uninterrupted - continuing in time or space without interruption; "a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light"- James Jeans; "a continuous bout of illness lasting six months"; "lived in continuous fear"; "a continuous row of warehouses"; "a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it"; "moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks"

ceaseless
Translations
ceaseless [ˈsiːslɪs] ADJincesante, continuo
ceaseless [ˈsiːsləs] adj [struggle, activity, search] → incessant(e), continuel(le); [stream, flow] → incessant(e)
ceaseless
adj (= endless)endlos, unaufhörlich; (= relentless) vigilanceunablässig
ceaseless [ˈsiːslɪs] adjincessante, continuo/a, senza sosta
ceaseless [ˈsiːslɪs] adjincessante, continuo/a, senza sosta


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MY BELOVED MAKAR ALEXIEVITCH,--So eager am I to do something that will please and divert you in return for your care, for your ceaseless efforts on my behalf--in short, for your love for me-- that I have decided to beguile a leisure hour for you by delving into my locker, and extracting thence the manuscript which I send you herewith.
Complete surrender to a particular mood until the mood itself surrenders to the artist, and afterwards silent ceaseless toil until a form worthy of its expression has been achieved -- this is the method of Li Po and his fellows.
As men of scrupulous honour set up a high standard of public conscience above the dead-level of an honest community, so men of that skill which passes into art by ceaseless striving raise the dead-level of correct practice in the crafts of land and sea.
 
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