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
Robert Penn WarrenBeta-blockers can make you tired, interfere with circulation (making your hands and feet perpetually cold) …—Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports… the tusks of prehistoric mammoths, which had been preserved in the perpetually frozen soil.—William C. Ketchum, Jr.
William C. Ketchum, Jr.Synonyms
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
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The Denver death metal quartet rip through drone, prog rock, and ambient across the dense, riveting album, which is perpetually in transition.
—Stephen Kearse, TIME, 8 Dec. 2024
The first crisp morning of the season sends your poor, perpetually cold loved one diving under the bedsheets, digging for the fuzzy socks, or fiddling with the thermostat when your back is turned.
—Adrienne So, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
With about 39% of the market, Amazon is the world’s largest cloud computing provider and is perpetually at risk of losing its sizable lead to Microsoft (23%), Google (8%), and a number of smaller players including Alibaba, Oracle, IBM, and Salesforce.
—Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
Christmas Vacation excels best in the chaos, from Clark’s yuppie neighbors being perpetually tormented by him to the anarchic family dinners (blissfully unaware Aunt Bethany is our personal MVP).
—EW.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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Stephen Kearse, TIME, 8 Dec. 2024
The first crisp morning of the season sends your poor, perpetually cold loved one diving under the bedsheets, digging for the fuzzy socks, or fiddling with the thermostat when your back is turned.
—Adrienne So, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2024
With about 39% of the market, Amazon is the world’s largest cloud computing provider and is perpetually at risk of losing its sizable lead to Microsoft (23%), Google (8%), and a number of smaller players including Alibaba, Oracle, IBM, and Salesforce.
—Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
Christmas Vacation excels best in the chaos, from Clark’s yuppie neighbors being perpetually tormented by him to the anarchic family dinners (blissfully unaware Aunt Bethany is our personal MVP).
—EW.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Perpetually.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perpetually. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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