unrelievedly
- adverb
- /ˌʌnrɪˈliːvɪdli/
- He found Oates, as a person, unrelievedly pretentious and phony, and most of her books boring and much too long, but there was something compelling about her as an artist, and he found himself inevitably reading her novels and short story collections as soon as they came out.
Examples
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Given such a complex set of contexts, which are reflected in diverse analytic as well as policy, diplomatic, and/or strategic perspectives, it is rather too simple to accept that the continent's position is unrelievedly marginal.
Academic text (1995) -
No trees break its paved surface, unrelievedly itself; like the sea.
Fiction book (2001) -
So Hosea isn't unrelievedly gloomy and grim.
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Certainly, during my undergraduate matriculation at a second-tier branch of a state university system, I encountered many unrelievedly politically correct professors whose ideological biases my classmates seemed unable to identify and articulate.
Academic text (1991) -
The sky was unrelievedly gray, without a hint of sunshine for days.
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She worked unrelievedly on her project, taking no breaks until it was finished.
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The sorrow in the room felt unrelievedly heavy, as if no joy could break through.
Synonyms
Continuing without stopping in a strong, determined way
Continuing very strongly and not becoming less
In a way that does not stop
In a way that goes on for a very long time with no end in sight
Continuing without stopping or getting weaker
Without stopping for a long time
Without any pause or stop
To go on without stopping or pausing
In a way that keeps working without getting tired
To do something slowly because you do not want it to end
Antonyms
How Continuous
Surface Forms
Morphology
unrelievedly = unrelieved (transparent) = un + relieve + unrelieved + relieved + ed + ly
Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'unrelieved', which itself is transparently 'un-' + 'relieved'.
Etymology
Unrelievedly breaks into un- 'not' and relieve (seen in relief) which means 'to ease' or 'make less heavy'. Think of rain or pain that never eases and never gives a break — it stays heavy and constant. So unrelievedly means continuing without any break or comfort.