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 of perpetually

• forever
• always
• permanently
• eternally

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

The actor Nicholas Christopher—brawny, bald, with a perpetually cocked eyebrow that brings to mind Yul Brynner—strode through the aisles of Tashkent Supermarket in Brighton Beach one afternoon. —Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025

What's the best part about perpetually coming back to play famous TV cop Elliot Stabler? —Alex Ross, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025

The Heat, however, should be able to defeat the perpetually hapless Hornets, who have a 3-5 record, without the three-time All-Star. —Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025

Kika is no victim, but a woman perpetually absorbing shocks, assessing those shocks, and recalibrating heroically. —Catherine Bray, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above