different between unresisting vs resistlessly

English

Etymology

un- +? resisting

Adjective

unresisting (not comparable)

1. Not resisting; compliant.

Anagrams

• unsistering

English

Etymology

From resistless +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???z?stl?sli/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???z?stl?sli/
• Hyphenation: re?sist?less?ly

Adverb

resistlessly (not comparable)

1. (archaic, chiefly literary) In an unresisting manner; without objection or opposition.

   Synonyms: irresistibly, unresistingly

   • 1879, John McElroy, chapter 76, in Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons:

     Sherman was sweeping resistlessly across the State.

   • 1913, Jack London, chapter 1, in John Barleycorn:

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

   • 1921, Margaret Pedler, chapter 19, in The Lamp of Fate:

     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.