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Meaning of resistlessly | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C1
ɹɪˈzɪstləsli

Definitions

In an unresisting manner; without objection or opposition.

archaic, literary, not-comparable

Examples

“Sherman was sweeping resistlessly across the State.”
“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.”
“And by alcoholic I mean a man whose chemistry craves alcohol and drives him resistlessly to it.”
“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.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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