resistlessly

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
16
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/ɹɪˈzɪstləsli/
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/ɹɪˈzɪstləsli/ · /ɹəˈzɪstləsli/

Definition of resistlessly

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (archaic, literary, not-comparable)In an unresisting manner; without objection or opposition.
    “Sherman was sweeping resistlessly across the State.”
    “Embracing man, embracing all, proceed the three hundred and sixty-five resistlessly round the sun; / Embracing all, soothing, supporting, follow close three hundred and sixty-five offsets of the first, sure and necessary as they.”
    “And by alcoholic I mean a man whose chemistry craves alcohol and drives him resistlessly to it.”
    “She yielded resistlessly, every fibre of her being quivering responsive to the overwhelming passion of love which had at last stormed and broken down all barriers.”

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Etymology

From resistless + -ly.

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