Both Uses of
relentless
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- All the afternoon he sat in the stalls wrapped in the most perfect happiness, gently waving his long, thin fingers in time to the music, while his gently smiling face and his languid, dreamy eyes were as unlike those of Holmes the sleuth-hound, Holmes the relentless, keen-witted, ready-handed criminal agent, as it was possible to conceive.†
Chpt 2
- What can it mean, this relentless persecution?†
Chpt 5 *
Definition:
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(relentless) to continue without stopping in an extreme manner -- often of something that is harsh or oppressive