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perpetually
[ per-pech-oo-uh-lee ]
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: 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
- ԴDz····· adverb
- ܲ·-···· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of perpetually1
Example Sentences
“Here you go, Jimmy — I made your Legos cost 30% more, so you can grow up strong, patriotic and perpetually broke.”
The version they dreamed up — alongside Perez — was a series that uses each episode to tackle a different Hollywood mini-issue through the eyes of the perpetually stressed Matt.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about a quote widely attributed to Tennessee Williams: “We live in a perpetually burning building, and what we must save from it, all the time, is love.”
The actors themselves seem perpetually on a first date — and not just with each other but also with their characters.
That same group should be equally concerned about policies that will shrink the one institution perpetually committed to the expansion of educational opportunity and equality — and that is our public schools.
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