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.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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Set in a perpetually sunny, idealized England vaguely between the wars, The Code of the Woosters concerns the misadventures of man-about-town Bertie Wooster (stupid, amiable, rich) and his impeccably helpful valet Jeeves.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
The girls’ depictions also owes a debt to the wily, precocious protagonists of children’s literature, from the perpetually home-alone Pippi Longstocking to those eccentric enrollees at Louis Sachar’s Wayside School series.
—Niela Orr, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026
As a perpetually busy business owner, my mom’s taste is ruled by practicality.
—Isabel Bekele, InStyle, 13 Jan. 2026
Dimon has for years maintained, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, that his retirement was perpetually five years away.
—Hugh Son, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2026
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Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
The girls’ depictions also owes a debt to the wily, precocious protagonists of children’s literature, from the perpetually home-alone Pippi Longstocking to those eccentric enrollees at Louis Sachar’s Wayside School series.
—Niela Orr, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2026
As a perpetually busy business owner, my mom’s taste is ruled by practicality.
—Isabel Bekele, InStyle, 13 Jan. 2026
Dimon has for years maintained, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, that his retirement was perpetually five years away.
—Hugh Son, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for perpetually
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“Perpetually.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perpetually. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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