All 3 Uses of
incessant
in
The Idiot
- On the contrary, the brain is especially active, and works incessantly—probably hard, hard, hard—like an engine at full pressure.†
Chpt 1.5 *incessantly = continuously
- Meanwhile he talked incessantly but disconnectedly to the prince, and continually brought in the name of Lizabetha Prokofievna.†
Chpt 3.3
- What is any 'discovery' whatever compared with the incessant, eternal discovery of life?†
Chpt 3.5incessant = continuous (and often annoying)
Definition:
continuous -- often in an annoying way