endlong

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Plunging endlong into the water, the impetus created by my fall from such a height would be slowly resisted by this denser element.

From Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Brown, Charles Brockden

Again did Birdalone take heart, and they hastened a long way up the stair, till Atra stayed at last at a door all done with iron, endlong and over-thwart. 

From The Water of the Wondrous Isles by Morris, William

Then he rode endlong the gates of that manor nigh half-an-hour.

From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

Not more amazement seized on Circe's guests, To see themselves fall endlong into beasts, Than mine, to find a subject, staid and wise, Already half turn'd traitor by surprise.

From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 by Gilfillan, George

Not more amazement seized on Circe’s guests, To see themselves fall endlong into beasts, Than mine, to find a subject staid and wise Already half turned traitor by surprise.

From An Essay on Man by Morley, Henry