Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In an interminable manner or extent; endlessly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb Without end or limit.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb in an interminable manner
  • adverb seemingly endless

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb all the time; seemingly without stopping

Etymologies

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interminable +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • To till the soil and labour interminably was all he asked of life and the powers that be.

    THE UNPARALLELED INVASION 2010

  • To till the soil and labour interminably was all he asked of life and the powers that be.

    The Unparalleled Invasion 1914

  • He would also himself speak "interminably" from the chair.

    Jonathan Handel: Inside the SAG Boardroom 2009

  • He would also himself speak "interminably" from the chair.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

  • He would also himself speak "interminably" from the chair.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

  • Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman told The Associated Press negotiations with fiscally conservative Democrats on his panel cannot go on "interminably" because they would

    unknown title 2009

  • Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman told The Associated Press negotiations with fiscally conservative Democrats on his panel cannot go on "interminably" because they would "empower" Republicans and allow the minority party to take control of the panel.

    Ace of Spades HQ 2009

  • Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman told The Associated Press negotiations with fiscally conservative Democrats on his panel cannot go on "interminably" because they would

    KWTX - HomePage - Headlines 2009

  • "interminably" if it had the power to do so, while it simultaneously projected "the need for clarity, urgency and depth in the unfolding political process".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1992

  • For a moment that seemed to stretch interminably, nothing happened, but then Sisko saw a series of red flashes scream toward the marauder.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

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