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endlessly

adv · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈɛndləsli/
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1

adv

Meaning 1

In an endless manner; continuously without limit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ceaselessly, incessantly, nonstop, consecutively, constantly, continently, continually, continuously, endlessly, eternally, ever, everlastingly, extendedly, infinitely, never-endingly, ongoingly, perpetually, persistently, relentlessly, steadily, successively, unbrokenly, unceasingly, unendingly, unintermittedly, uninterruptedly, unrelentingly, unrelievedly, unremittingly, unstoppingly

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

continuing forever without end

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • there are infinitely many possibilities

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: infinitely

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

with unflagging resolve

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ceaselessly, incessantly, unceasingly, unendingly, continuously

Antonyms: none provided

4

adverb

Meaning 4

all the time; seemingly without stopping

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a theological student with whom I argued interminably
  • her nagging went on endlessly

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: interminably

Antonyms: none provided

5

adverb

Meaning 5

(spatial sense) without bounds

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the Nubian desert seemed to stretch out before them endlessly

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English endelesly, from Old English endelēaslīċe; equivalent to endless + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 不休 (bùxiū) — in an endless manner
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不斷地 /不断地 (bùduàn de) — in an endless manner
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不已 (bùyǐ) — in an endless manner
  • Esperanto: senfine — in an endless manner
  • Finnish: loputtomasti — in an endless manner
  • French: indéfiniment — in an endless manner
  • French: sans fin — in an endless manner
  • German: endlos — in an endless manner
  • Greek: ατέλειωτα (atéleiota) — in an endless manner
  • Indonesian: seterusnya — in an endless manner
  • Ingrian: otsattomast — in an endless manner
  • Irish: de shíor — in an endless manner
  • Italian: infinitamente — in an endless manner
  • Japanese: 際限なく (saigen naku) — in an endless manner
  • Polish: bez końca — in an endless manner
  • Polish: bezkreśnie — in an endless manner
  • Romanian: nesfârșit — in an endless manner
  • Russian: бесконе́чно (beskonéčno) — in an endless manner
  • Spanish: sin fin — in an endless manner
  • Spanish: interminablemente — in an endless manner