perpetually
Americanadverb
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forever or for an indefinitely long time.
It is best to think of any software licensed in this way as perpetually licensed.
We seem to be locked perpetually in the past.
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without intermission or interruption; continually.
The library received five more laptops to relieve the pressure on their perpetually busy media loan desk.
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with continued recurrence; regularly or repeatedly: I'm the girl who loses pens constantly, forgets about quizzes in math, and is perpetually late.
The city’s public schools, particularly in working-class neighborhoods, are perpetually understaffed.
I'm the girl who loses pens constantly, forgets about quizzes in math, and is perpetually late.
Other Word Forms
- nonperpetually adverb
- quasi-perpetually adverb
Etymology
Origin of perpetually
Example Sentences
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He’s legitimizing its use as psychological scaffolding, which allows a person’s cognitive development to be left perpetually unfinished.
Penned by a young female author perpetually adrift in the dark world of fantasy, “Wuthering Heights” is a transgressive novel today and was exponentially more so at the time of its publication in 1847.
From Los Angeles Times
“Speed is your friend,” said Ro, whose face is perpetually creased by a smile.
From Los Angeles Times
And by practicing those little acts of love with each other every day, they make their little part of Minnesota all the more bright, even in the perpetually overcast winter.
From Salon
From then on, Bamberger would perpetually steer interviewers who asked about fried chicken back to his conservation work on the ranch.
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