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# incessantly

«incessantly» in Mova's school dictionary: **Without stopping, all the time, often in an annoying way:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Without stopping, all the time, often in an annoying way: The dog barked incessantly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incessantly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and everyday complaints «incessantly» shows something goes on and on: rain, chatter, noise. Phrases: «talk incessantly», «rain incessantly», «complain incessantly».

### examples

- It rained incessantly for three days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incessantly/#x1)
- The baby cried incessantly all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incessantly/#x2)
- My little brother talks incessantly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incessantly/#x3)
- The phone rang incessantly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incessantly/#x4)
- He complained incessantly about the food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incessantly/#x5)
- The tap dripped incessantly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incessantly/#x6)
- Though they chattered incessantly I could not understand a word they said, nor did they heed when I spoke to them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incessantly/#x7)

### note

Formal; in casual talk «non-stop», «all the time», «on and on». Adjective: incessant. Spelling: in-ces-sant-ly (double s).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «incessantly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incessantly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.