1
[ adverb ] continuing forever without end

Synonyms

infinitely

Examples

"there are infinitely many possibilities"

Used in print

(Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)

Cause of all this commotion : squat , pug-nosed , balding , hopelessly ugly Jean-Pierre_Bravado , a Bogartian figure , who plays a sadistic , amoral , philosophic Tasti-Freeze salesman in old New-Waver Fredrico_de_Mille_Rossilini 's endlessly provocative film , A_Sour_Sponge .

2
[ adverb ] with unflagging resolve

Examples

"dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste"

Used in print

(Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)

Otherwise , we go_on endlessly trying to draw_the_line , color and other , as to which kind_of man we wish to see dominate .

3
[ adverb ] (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds

Synonyms

without_end

Examples

"the Nubian desert seemed to stretch out before them endlessly"

4
[ adverb ] all the time; seemingly without stopping

Synonyms

interminably

Examples

"a theological student with whom I argued interminably" "her nagging went on endlessly"

Related terms

endless endless endless

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