perpetually

[ per-pech-oo-uh-lee ]

/ pərˈpɛtʃ u ə li /

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adverb

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.

without intermission or interruption; continually: The library received five more laptops to relieve the pressure on their perpetually busy media loan desk.

with continued recurrence; regularly or repeatedly: 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.

Origin of perpetually

perpetual + -ly

OTHER WORDS FROM perpetually

non·per·pet·u·al·ly, adverbqua·si-per·pet·u·al·ly, adverb

Words nearby perpetually

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Example sentences from the Web for perpetually

Brash, crass, and sporting a perpetually raised eyebrow, Ash Williams remains the ultimate postmodern superhero.
The King of Postmodern Cool Is Reborn in ‘Ash Vs. The Evil Dead’|Nick Schager|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It finally looks like New York, which is perpetually addled by traffic, will be constructing a new expressway.
Electricity Superhighway||October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then, she was always posing in slow-motion, as if perpetually taking mental selfies.
SNL’s Kim Kardashian Konundrum: Why Nasim Pedrad’s Exit Hurts So Much|Jason Lynch|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The best return on that perpetually diminishing currency in terms of leisure is – or should be – travel.
Obama’s Extravagant Summer Break? More Like, America’s Vacation-Deficit Disorder|Clive Irving|August 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Could he be faking that boyish, nice-guy, eager-to-please charm, the way “sincerity” is perpetually faked all over the spectrum?
Jimmy Fallon’s Brilliant ‘Tonight Show’ Debut|Tom Shales|February 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The English merchants and mariners had wrongs of their own, perpetually renewed, which fed the bitterness of their indignation.
English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century|James Anthony Froude
He was perpetually picking the grain of corn out of the bushel of chaff.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16|Various
They reminded them perpetually of "the casting of the soul into hell and hell-torments."
The History of Antiquity, Volume IV (of 6)|Max Duncker
Superstition has indeed played its part among them; but it has never, as in Europe, been perpetually dominant.
A Hundred and Seventy Chinese Poems|Various
But the heart will not be perpetually repressed; kept from natural pleasures, it will seek supernatural delights.
The Beginners of a Nation|Edward Eggleston.