perpetually

adverb

per·​pet·​u·​al·​ly pər-ˈpe-chə-wə-lē 

-chə-lē;

-ˈpech-wə-lē

: in a perpetual or continuous manner

A guardroom was established to each side of the prisoner's casemate, in which a lamp burned perpetually.

—Robert Penn Warren

Beta-blockers can make you tired, interfere with circulation (making your hands and feet perpetually cold) …

—Consumer Reports

… the tusks of prehistoric mammoths, which had been preserved in the perpetually frozen soil.

—William C. Ketchum, Jr.

Synonyms

• always
• aye
• ay
• e'er
• eternally
• ever
• everlastingly
• evermore
• forever
• forevermore
• indelibly
• permanently

Examples of perpetually in a Sentence

a group of jaded teenagers with their perpetually bored expressions

the perpetually smiling host of the morning talk show

Recent Examples on the Web

Set in a post-apocalyptic world where Earth has become a frozen wasteland, and the remnants of humanity survive aboard a perpetually moving train that circles the globe, the show ran on TNT for its first three seasons before moving to AMC and AMC+ for its final run of episodes. —Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024

That status has little to do with industry esteem — unfurling on its own dedicated island, the new media spotlight has become a can’t miss rendezvous every bit as prestigious as the parent film festival — and everything to do with a protean medium that stays perpetually unfixed. —Ben Croll, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024

Beach Ices sat just beside the huge, sprawling car park, with chalky dust swirling perpetually in the air. —Ruby Opalka, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2024

Mead and the Stalwarts — bassist Mark Andrew Miller and drummer Marty Lynds — are perpetually on the road and will perform gigs in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Missouri next week. —Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above