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relentlessly

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re·lent·less  (r-lntls)
adj.
1. Unyielding in severity or strictness; unrelenting: relentless persecution.
2. Steady and persistent; unremitting: the relentless beat of the drums.
re·lentless·ly adv.
re·lentless·ness n.
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Adv.1.relentlesslyrelentlessly - in a relentless manner; "he worked relentlessly"
unrelentingly
Translations
relentlessly [rɪˈlentlɪslɪ] ADV
1. (= heartlessly) → cruelmente, despiadadamente
2. (= persistently) → sin descanso
he presses on relentlessly → avanza implacable
relentlessly [rɪˈlɛntləsli] adv
(= continuously) [rain] → sans discontinuer
The sun beat down relentlessly → Le soleil dardait implacablement ses rayons.
(= without giving up) [question, pursue] → implacablement
relentlessly
adv
(= uncompromisingly) oppose, maintain → unnachgiebig
(= unrelentingly) hurt, rain → unaufhörlich; to push relentlessly forward → unaufhaltsam vorwärtsdrängen
(= mercilessly) → unerbittlich, erbarmungslos


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So relentlessly did my partner and I spring into our work throughout the week that by Saturday night we were frazzled wrecks.
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It was this: I asked myself whether there was not in his soul some deep-rooted instinct of creation, which the circumstances of his life had obscured, but which grew relentlessly, as a cancer may grow in the living tissues, till at last it took possession of his whole being and forced him irresistibly to action.
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Rebecca, who knew nothing of their business affairs, merely saw her aunts grow more and more saving, pinching here and there, cutting off this and that relentlessly.
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