interminably

Examples

• All

• Slowly, interminably, the music fades off into the distance.

  Fiction book (1995)

• His voice droned interminably as if it belonged to someone else.

  Fiction book (1996)

• I also judge those who go on and on interminably.

  Blog text (9)

• The two are in many ways interminably connected, a point almost every national journalist seems to miss.

  Blog text (31)

• But this time, they seemed to stretch on interminably.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The subway ride seems to go on interminably.

  Fiction book (1990)

• For once, she blessed the family habit of talking interminably about anything to anyone.

  Fiction book (1992)

• You know, you think about the last year, interminably long and also unbelievably short at the same time.

• The interrogations went on interminably.

  Fiction book (2002)

• "The evening stretched before them interminably; the hazy, muted sunlight had barely moved across the floor.

  Fiction book (2000)

Synonyms

C

constantly

vsinterminably

740 1.0

Very often or all the time without stopping

means endless in appearance rather than merely frequent occurrence

I

indefinitely

vsinterminably

104 4.8

For a time with no set end

means seeming endless rather than simply unspecified duration

C

continuously

vsinterminably

95 2.3

Happens without stopping or pausing

is the same uninterrupted sense rather than suggesting intensity

E

endlessly

vsinterminably

73 2.3

Without stopping for a very long time

focuses on the same sense of seeming endless duration

E

eternally

vsinterminably

53 5.2

For all time without end

conveys the same endless idea but in simpler tone

R

relentlessly

vsinterminably

53 4.9

Continuing without stopping in a strong, determined way

focuses on endless duration without implying force or severity

N

nonstop

vsinterminably

42 1.3

Continuing without any stops or pauses

stresses ongoing action while key stresses feeling that it will never stop

P

perpetually

vsinterminably

29 4.8

Happening all the time without stopping

shares the ongoing idea but can imply repeated regularity

I

incessantly

vsinterminably

22 6.3

In a way that continues without stopping for a long time

is the same continuous idea, focusing on seeming endlessness

I

in perpetuity

vsinterminably

• Formal

16 7.8

A time that lasts forever

carries the same endless notion but in neutral phrasing

F

forever

vsinterminably

12 1.4

A very long time with no end

expresses the same very long duration in everyday language

A

ad infinitum

vsinterminably

• Formal

7 8.8

Going on forever without any limit

is similar but more neutral and less formal in tone

C

ceaselessly

vsinterminably

6 5.3

Without stopping

expresses the same uninterrupted, endless quality rather than intensity

U

unrelentingly

vsinterminably

3 7.5

Continuing very strongly and not becoming less

highlights endless appearance rather than continued severity

U

unceasingly

vsinterminably

2 6.6

In a way that does not stop

focuses more on endless duration than on pressure or force

U

unremittingly

vsinterminably

1 8.0

Continuing without stopping or getting weaker

is about endlessness in general rather than intensity of action

F

forever and a day

vsinterminably

• Archaic

1 5.3

For a very long time with no clear end

is the neutral expression of seeming to have no end

U

unendingly

vsinterminably

1 5.8

Without stopping for a long time

shares the same sense of seeming never to finish

E

everlastingly

vsinterminably

1 7.4

In a way that lasts forever

is similar but slightly less formal and less absolute

U

unhaltingly

vsinterminably

7.0

To go on without stopping or pausing

is similar but stresses seeming endlessness rather than steadiness

Antonyms

B

briefly

414 1.0

For a short time or in a few words

T

temporarily

222 3.2

For a short time and not permanent

How Long

interminably

2 7.6

a long time

∞ 1.0

temporarily

222 3.2

for a while

∞ 1.0

briefly

414 1.0

momentarily

47 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology