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Antonyms for unfailingly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : uhn-fey-ling
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈfeɪ lɪŋ



Definition of unfailingly

Origin :
  • late 14c., "never coming to an end, unceasing," from un- (1) "not" + gerundive of fail (v.). Related: Unfailingly.
  • As in surely : adv without doubt
  • As in invariably : adv perpetually
Example sentences :
  • But she was as tender as ever, unfailingly patient, prompt to come to him and slow to leave.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Besides, were it so, they must unfailingly have definite word of it; and they had none.
  • Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Captain Langrishe turned up at the dances as unfailingly as Nelly herself.
  • Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan
  • Soames' perturbation was so great on that occasion that he feared it must unfailingly be noticed.
  • Extract from : « The Yellow Claw » by Sax Rohmer
  • But unfailingly he used his formula, when he was highly pleased.
  • Extract from : « Young Hilda at the Wars » by Arthur Gleason
  • Tactfully and unfailingly she administered it at those times.
  • Extract from : « The Believing Years » by Edmund Lester Pearson
  • "Yes; with Laura—and another," replied Louise, unfailingly candid.
  • Extract from : « The Eddy » by Clarence L. Cullen
  • These were so unfailingly delightful, that one could not have wished them more like.
  • Extract from : « London Films » by William Dean Howells
  • But, if it reasoned, so unfailingly and so surely about some things, why had it nothing to say about others?
  • Extract from : « Greifenstein » by F. Marion Crawford
  • Dwarves and mine-men went about, unfailingly, with a purseful of gold.
  • Extract from : « Brownies and Bogles » by Louise Imogen Guiney

Synonyms for unfailingly

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