# incessantly

**Pronunciation:** /ɪnˈses.ənt.li/ · in-SESS-ant-lee

**Part of speech:** adverb

## Meaning

Continuing for a long time without interruption or pause.

## Examples

- The puppy barked incessantly at the mail carrier until he finally walked away.
- She complained incessantly about the cold weather during our entire winter vacation.
- The wind howled incessantly against the windows, shaking the old house.

## Synonyms

- always — The most common way to say something happens all the time.
- constantly — Happening all the time or very frequently; very similar to incessantly.
- continually — Happening repeatedly with very short breaks in between.
- perpetually — Suggests something that seems to last forever or never change.
- ceaselessly — A literary or formal term for something that never stops.

## Antonyms

- occasionally — Happening only sometimes, not all the time.
- intermittently — Stopping and starting at irregular intervals.

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