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on and on

on and on adverb: continuously and tediously.

Adverb

on and on (not comparable)

  1. Continuously and tediously.
    • The interview dragged on and on, long after I was sure I wouldn't get the job.
    • The Fallen Angel and Life – iamreallife described it as a fairly boring show about a guy rambling on and on in front of the camera about how we must please Satan and appease him before it is too late.2009 November 14, Camden Lamont, 1999, in Creepypasta, archived from the original on 21 Aug 2020

on and on meaning in Malayalam

on and on in Malayalam

incessantly, for a long time, for ages
വളരെനേരത്തേക്ക്, കാലങ്ങളായി, ചിരകാലമായി, മണിക്കൂറോളം, വളരെ ദീർഘമായി, അവിരതം

Questions about on and on

What does on and on mean?
On and on means continuously and tediously.
What is on and on in Malayalam?
On and on in Malayalam is വളരെനേരത്തേക്ക്, കാലങ്ങളായി, ചിരകാലമായി. See On and on meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is on and on?
On and on is an adverb.

Words near on and on in the dictionary

  1. on an empty stomach
  2. on an equal footing
  3. on an impulse
  4. on an irregular basis
  5. on and off
  6. on and on
  7. on and poppin'
  8. on and popping
  9. on another note
  10. on any view
  11. on at

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Adapted from Wiktionary: on and on (page history and authors); on and on (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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