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incessantly

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in⋅ces⋅sant

  [in-ses-uhnt]
Use incessantly in a Sentence
–adjective
continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending: an incessant noise.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME incessaunte < LL incessant-, equiv. to L in- in- 3 + cessant- (s. of cessāns), prp. of cessāre to stop work; see cease, -ant

Related forms:
in⋅ces⋅san⋅cy, in⋅ces⋅sant⋅ness, noun
in⋅ces⋅sant⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
unceasing, constant, continuous, never-ending, perpetual; eternal, everlasting; relentless, unrelenting, unremitting.

Antonyms:
intermittent.
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in·ces·sant   (ĭn-sěs'ənt)   
adj.  Continuing without interruption. See Synonyms at continual.

[Middle English incessaunte, from Late Latin incessāns, incessant- : Latin in-, not; see in-1 + Latin cessāns, present participle of cessāre, to stop; see cease.]
in·ces'san·cy n., in·ces'sant·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

incessant 
1461 (implied in incessantly), from O.Fr. incessant (1358), from L.L. incessantem (nom. incessans) "unceasing," from L. in- "not" + cessantem (nom. cessans), prp. of cessare "cease."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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