incessantly

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"I drove and Chuck talked -- incessantly, indefatigably, virtuosically."

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  1. In an incessant manner; with constant repetition; unceasingly. The frosty north wind blowes a cold thicke sleete, That dazzles eyes; flakes after flakes, incessantly descending. Chapman, Iliad, xix. He was so incessantly given to his devotion and prayers as no man more in the whole house. Coryat, Crudities, I. 183.
  2. Instantly; immediately. If I see him I fear I shall turn to Stone, and petrifle incessantly. Congreve, Way of the World, v. 8. If I catch any one among you, upon any pretence whatsoever, using the particle or, I shall incessantly order him to be stripped of his gown, and thrown over the bar. Addison, Charge to the Jury.

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  1. from Middle English incessantli; from incessant + -ly.
 

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