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adverb
- 1. in a way that never ends or changes; constantly: "perpetually hungry teenage boys"
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PERPETUALLY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of perpetually in English. perpetually. adverb. uk / pəˈpetʃ.u.ə.li / us / pɚˈpetʃ.u.ə.li / Add to word list. always or very often: She's perpetually asking me for money. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Always & never. again. all along idiom. all-time. along. always. ever.
Perpetually definition: forever or for an indefinitely long time. See examples of PERPETUALLY used in a sentence.
: in a perpetual or continuous manner. A guardroom was established to each side of the prisoner's casemate, in which a lamp burned perpetually. Robert Penn Warren. Beta-blockers can make you tired, interfere with circulation (making your hands and feet perpetually cold) … Consumer Reports.
perpetually. till/until kingdom come idiom. till/until the cows come home idiom. unprecedentedly. whenever. world. See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Continually & repeatedly. (Definition of perpetual from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
adverb. us / pɚˈpetʃ.u.ə.li / uk / pəˈpetʃ.u.ə.li / Add to word list. always or very often: She's perpetually asking me for money. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Always & never. again. all along idiom. all-time. along. always. ever. fail. hell. in all my (born) days idiom. in/through all the years idiom. invariably. kingdom. month.
Definition of 'perpetual' Word Frequency. perpetual. (pəʳpetʃuəl ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A perpetual feeling, state, or quality is one that never ends or changes. ...the creation of a perpetual union. perpetually adverb [ADVERB with verb] They were all perpetually starving.
Use the adverb perpetually if something is never, ever going to stop doing what it's doing, like your perpetually chattering cousin. Perpetually comes from the adjective perpetual, which comes from the Latin for "never stopping."
Definition of perpetually adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. Lasting forever; never-ending: conceived heaven as a state of perpetual bliss. 2. Continuing or being so for an indefinitely long time: found themselves in perpetual debt; felt like a perpetual outsider. See Synonyms at continual. 3. Flowering throughout the growing season.
continuing or enduring forever; everlasting. Synonyms: enduring, permanent. Antonyms: temporary. lasting an indefinitely long time: perpetual snow. continuing or continued without intermission or interruption; ceaseless: a perpetual stream of visitors all day. Synonyms: uninterrupted, unending, constant, incessant, continuous.
