Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a resistless manner; so as not to be opposed or denied.

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  • adverb archaic In an unresisting manner; without objection or opposition.

Etymologies

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From resistless +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • If before, Sin resistlessly triumphed, Grace will now be more than conqueror.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • He made as if to repeat the blow, but Tudor, white of face, with arms hanging resistlessly at his sides, offered no defence.

    Chapter 26 2010

  • Capital stands in its own way, welling up and welling up against the inevitable moment when it shall burst all bonds and sweep resistlessly across such vast stretches as China and South America.

    THE QUESTION OF THE MAXIMUM 2010

  • And by alcoholic I mean a man whose chemistry craves alcohol and drives him resistlessly to it.

    Chapter 1 2010

  • The larger view always and through all shams, all wickednesses, discovers the Truth that will, in the end, prevail, and all things, surely, inevitably, resistlessly work together for good.

    The Octopus 2008

  • The larger view always and through all shams, all wickednesses, discovers the Truth that will, in the end, prevail, and all things, surely, inevitably, resistlessly work together for good.

    Archive 2008-02-01 2008

  • The tide of the river set resistlessly towards it; and the tide never stopped, any more than the earth stops in its circling round the sun.

    Nobody's Story 2007

  • The tide of the river set resistlessly towards it; and the tide never stopped, any more than the earth stops in its circling round the sun.

    Nobody's Story 2007

  • As Stephen stood by the fence of the grounds, and looked out into the park, he felt as if an endless procession of unseen people were sweeping past him on the wind, borne on resistlessly and aimlessly, vainly striving to stop themselves, to catch at something that might arrest their flight and bring them once again into contact with the living world of which they had formed a part.

    Lost Hearts by M. R. James | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News 2004

  • Rosella was on the rack, and slowly, inevitably, resistlessly the temptation grew and gathered, and snared her feet and her hands, and, fold on fold, lapped around her like a veil.

    A Lost Story 1996

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