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Ceaseless

Without pause or end; incessant.

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Continuous 84% connected

Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; pro…

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Continuous 84% connected

Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; pro…

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Constant 92% connected

Firm; solid; fixed; immovable; -- opposed to fluid.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Incessant 92% connected

Continuing or following without interruption; unceasing; unitermitted; uninterrupted; continual; as, incessant clamors; incessant pain, etc.

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Perpetual 92% connected

Neverceasing; continuing forever or for an unlimited time; unfailing; everlasting; continuous.

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Unremitting 92% connected

Not remitting; incessant; continued; persevering; as, unremitting exertions.

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Aspect noun · 78% connection

the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb

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Bare adjective · 78% connection

apart from anything else; without additions or modifications; "only the bare facts"; "shocked by the mere idea"; "the simple passage o…

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Future perfect noun · 78% connection

a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future; "‘I will have finished’ is an example of the future p…

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Future perfect tense noun · 78% connection

a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future; "‘I will have finished’ is an example of the future p…

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Future tense noun · 78% connection

a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future

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Imperative form noun · 78% connection

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Imperative verb noun · 78% connection

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Jussive mood noun · 78% connection

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Abderian adjective · 78% connection

Given to laughter; inclined to foolish or incessant merriment.

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Abide verb · 78% connection

To wait; to pause; to delay.

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Attacca unknown · 78% connection

Attack at once; -- a direction at the end of a movement to show that the next is to follow immediately, without any pause.

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Babbler noun · 78% connection

any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Musc…

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Break verb · 78% connection

An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation.

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Breath noun · 78% connection

Time to breathe; respite; pause.

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Breathing noun · 78% connection

Stop; pause; delay.

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Cackler noun · 78% connection

any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Musc…

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Cadence noun · 78% connection

A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.

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Caesura noun · 78% connection

A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle…

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Check verb · 78% connection

To make a stop; to pause; -- with at.

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