resistlessly

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English

Etymology

From resistless +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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.
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