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

Chicago traded away any hint of cohesion, weary of a middling cycle that perpetually sent it to the Play-In Tournament. —Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026

Rather than creating a retreat, the room can feel perpetually switched on—and that’s not what most people want at the end of the day. —Natasha Bazika, Martha Stewart, 7 Mar. 2026

Specifically, Hancock and Abbott underestimated Huffines, a grassroots favorite with plenty of cash and who seems to be perpetually on the trail. —Karen Brooks Harper austin Bureau, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026

Americans allegedly live alongside it, buying on credit, carrying heavy debt, and perpetually one illness, accident, or lost job away from financial catastrophe. —Lavender Au, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above