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unfailingly

unfailingly adverb: without fail; reliably; always.

Adverb

unfailingly (comparative more unfailingly, superlative most unfailingly)

  1. Without fail; reliably; always.
    • While unfailingly courteous to the jury, he could be quite sharp with counsel and witnesses, and rattle his sabre at the press: his first reported words in the case were that any journalist thinking of interviewing a juror 'had better bring a toothbrush'.2014, Michael Bloch, Jeremy Thorpe

Forms of unfailingly

comparativemore unfailingly
superlativemost unfailingly

Origin of unfailingly

From unfailing + -ly or un- + failingly.

Questions about unfailingly

What does unfailingly mean?
Unfailingly means without fail; reliably; always.
What part of speech is unfailingly?
Unfailingly is an adverb.

Words near unfailingly in the dictionary

  1. unfail
  2. unfailable
  3. unfailably
  4. unfailed
  5. unfailing
  6. unfailingly
  7. unfailingness
  8. unfain
  9. unfainly
  10. unfainting
  11. unfair

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