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Princeton's WordNet
perpetuallyadverb
everlastingly; for all time
"rays...streaming perpetually from the sun"- Stuart Chase
constantly, always, forever, perpetually, incessantlyadverb
without interruption
"the world is constantly changing"
Wiktionary
perpetuallyadverb
Seeming to never end; endlessly; constantly.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Perpetuallyadverb
Constantly; continually; incessantly.
Etymology: from perpetual.
This verse is every where sounding the very thing in your ears; yet the numbers are perpetually varied, so that the same sounds are never repeated twice. Dryden.
In passing from them to great distances, doth it not grow denser and denser perpetually; and thereby cause the gravity of those great bodies towards one another. Isaac Newton, Opticks.
The bible and common prayer book in the vulgar tongue, being perpetually read in churches, have proved a kind of standard for language, especially to the common people. Jonathan Swift.
Webster Dictionary
Perpetuallyadverb
in a perpetual manner; constantly; continually
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of perpetually in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of perpetually in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of perpetually in a Sentence
Our dreams are our precious diamonds; without them, we are endlessly poor. Let us perpetually dream to be overly wealthy!
Laws and customs may be creative of vice; and should be therefore perpetually under process of observation and correction: but laws and customs cannot be creative of virtue: they may encourage and help to preserve it; but they cannot originate it.
The honest man must be a perpetual renegade, the life of an honest man a perpetual infidelity. For the man who wishes to remain faithful must take himself perpetually unfaithful to all the continual, successive, indefatigable, renascent errors.
The Internet is a Mine of information. In other words, it is a rich and huge source of information (wisdom, insights, inspirations and motivations). In fact, the Internet is a treasure that will last perpetually. Oh! yes, no one is going to shut down the Internet. Thus, you've got to utilize it (the Internet) as often as you can and as long as you live. -Emeasoba George
Perpetually restless, Thomas Wolfe was “without a home — a vagabond since [he] was seven” and seeking out where he belonged physically (i.e. in Asheville, his home or Harvard) as well as intellectually. This concept that he was indeed without a father led him to gain greater understanding, eventually realizing that his search for a patriarch was not merely a “father in the flesh,” but a substitution for God, a guiding light, and an alluring source of inspiration.
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- perpetualment, perpètuamentCatalan, Valencian
- neustáleCzech
- αένααGreek
- perpetuamenteSpanish
- terus-menerusIndonesian
- ہمیشہUrdu
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