resistlessly

English

Etymology

From resistless +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈzɪstləsli/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈzɪstləsli/
• Hyphenation: re‧sist‧less‧ly

Adverb

resistlessly (not comparable)

1. (archaic, chiefly literary) In an unresisting manner; without objection or opposition.

   Synonyms: irresistibly, unresistingly

   • 1879, John McElroy, chapter 76, in Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons:

     Sherman was sweeping resistlessly across the State.

   • 1892, Walt Whitman, “A Song of the Rolling Earth”, in Leaves of Grass […], Philadelphia, Pa.: David McKay, publisher, […], →OCLC, stanza 1, page 178:

     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.

   • 1913 August, Jack London, chapter I, in John Barleycorn, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 8:

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

   • 1921, Margaret Pedler, chapter 19, in The Lamp of Fate:

     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.