relentlessly  /rɪ ˈlɛnt ləs li/ ? Meaning of "relentlessly"

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Definition(s):

  • (adv) in a relentless manner

Usage(s):

  1. You're a tiny running man sprinting, jumping and sliding through a post-apocalyptic landscape, relentlessly pursued by an enormous hovering robot.
  2. For 80 days he campaigned relentlessly, and by the day of the California primary, a must-win for Kennedy to seriously challenge Hubert Humphrey, his body was cracking.
  3. She has been relentlessly explaining the absurdity of our throwaway culture to me and many others for decades.

Quotes

  1. Zalmay Khalilzad, the US Ambassador to Iraq, said: "To those who commit these heinous crimes we send this message: You will be relentlessly hunted until you are apprehended and brought to justice."
    on Feb 3, 2007 By: Zalmay Khalilzad Source: Independent

  2. "We've been pursuing this guy relentlessly," Caldwell told CNN. "Anybody who kidnaps an American soldier and murders them we're going to continue to hunt down."
    on May 21, 2007 By: William Caldwell Source: Washington Times

  3. For eight months, Craig said, "my family and I had been relentlessly and viciously harassed by the Idaho Statesman [newspaper]."
    on Aug 28, 2007 By: Larry Craig Source: ABC News

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