resistlessly

resistlessly

English

Etymology

From resistless +‎ -ly

Adverb

resistlessly (not comparable)

1. (archaic, chiefly literary) In an unresisting manner; without objection or opposition.
   • 1855, Walt Whitman, "A Song of the Rolling Earth," in Leaves of Grass:

     Embracing man, embracing all, proceed the three hundred and

     sixty-five resistlessly round the sun

   • 1879, John McElroy, Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons, ch. 76:

     Sherman was sweeping resistlessly across the State.

   • 1913, Jack London, John Barleycorn, ch. 1:

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

   • 1921, Margaret Pedler, The Lamp of Fate, ch. 19:

     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.

Synonyms

• irresistibly, unresistingly