All 3 Uses of
incessant
in
Nine Stories
- He took a cigarette from a pack on the table and lit it with fingers that bumped gently and incessantly against one another.†
Story 6
- Either in spite, or because, of his silence, I talked incessantly,
Story 8 *incessantly = continuously
- Then, while I stood dazed and incessantly nodding and feeling my jacket where my drawing pencils had been repocketed, M. Yoshoto explained to me the school's method of instruction (or, rather, its nonexistent method of instruction).†
Story 8
Definition:
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(incessant) continuous -- often in an annoying way