endlessly
- adverb
- /ˈɛndlɪsli/
- I can listen to her talk about her travels endlessly without getting bored.
- repeats endlessly
- endlessly fascinating
- talk endlessly
I was just trying to charm her endlessly to no avail.
- I was just trying to charm her endlessly to no avail.
- They talked about each other endlessly and in glowing terms.
- Could we go back endlessly to Infinity, as we say?
- You know, your, your credits, they just endlessly scroll, you know what I mean?
- I I was crying endlessly without knowing why I was crying.
- I mean, my own behavior, my own responses are endlessly fascinating to me.
- You are one sweet mom, and we appreciate you endlessly.
- And we begin to debate about it and obsess over it and endlessly discuss it.
- These are greatly and endlessly in fact appreciated.
Examples
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So this is part of what makes the book just endlessly fascinating reading.
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I mean, my own behavior, my own responses are endlessly fascinating to me.
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"We cannot improve the making of our eyes, but we can endlessly perfect the camera."
Academic text (1999) -
Like as in they can basically raise money endlessly to fund these risks, right?
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And it's something that I'm endlessly thinking about.
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But being who he was, he was endlessly in demand to be a consultant.
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I was there when the whole student body was talking endlessly about the tragedy.
Fiction book (1991) -
This is information that flows freely and endlessly in our social media feeds.
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Watching the movie back, I couldn't believe how endlessly entertaining it was.
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Because he took great pride in his engraving and worked endlessly on plates to make them perfect.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
For a time with no set end
Happens without stopping or pausing
To a very great degree without any limit
For all time without end
Continuing without stopping in a strong, determined way
Continuing without any stops or pauses
Happening all the time without stopping
In a way that continues without stopping for a long time
A time that lasts forever
Going on forever without any limit
Without stopping
Continuing very strongly and not becoming less
Continues for all future time
In a way that does not stop
In a way that goes on for a very long time with no end in sight
For a very long time with no clear end
Continuing without stopping or getting weaker
Without stopping for a long time
In a way that lasts forever
Without limits or end
In a way that has no end or limit
Without getting tired and not giving up
With no limits, very much or very freely
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Etymology
Endlessly comes from the simple word end meaning 'stop' or 'finish' and the part -less meaning 'without', so it literally means 'without an end'. So, to do something endlessly is to do it continuously, without stopping.