imperishablyadv.
/ɪmˈpɛrᵻʃəbli/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpɛrəʃəbli/ In an imperishable manner; everlastingly; indestructibly.
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the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [adverb]
always fortha700
alwayeOE
oeOE
everOE
buten endea1000
echelichec1175
till doomsdayc1175
to timea1200
perdurablyc1275
in ayea1300
without endc1330
anytimea1375
for ay and oc1374
continually1382
perpetuallyc1385
ay-forthc1390
everlastinglyc1390
perpetualc1392
eternallyc1393
endlessa1400
in (also for, to) perpetuitya1400
always?c1425
without timec1425
endlesslya1450
sempiternlyc1450
infinitivec1470
aylastinglyc1475
everlastingc1475
incessantly1481
in saecula saeculorum1481
sempiternally1509
all days1533
for altogether1542
constantly1567
interminate?1567
incorruptibly1579
perpetuously1612
in perpetuum1613
eternal1614
unterminably1631
unfadinglya1672
unendingly1674
for a constancy1710
perennially1729
tarnally1790
imperishably1795
indefectibly1837
immortally1858
fadelessly1861
1795 tr. Flareau Ocean Spectre iii. i. 34 Every silver tone that has escap'd thy lips, is imperishably grafted in my heart.
1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. ii. 415 This was ere long to be embodied in Poetry, and..more imperishably in Art.
1881 A. Quiller-Couch Athens 6 Shrines, palaces and temples,..Regal yet, imperishably grand.
1939 Times 1 July 7/4 No Morris ever won a championship on the links, with which the name is imperishably connected.
2017 Observer (Nexis) 31 Dec. Some classics live on, imperishably, as works of sheer entertainment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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