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

Its terms of service explicitly state that the company also perpetually and irrevocably owns the copyright licenses to reproduce, sublicense and distribute any works created through its software and has the right to distribute any content that is put into the system. —Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024

And in a music scene that’s perpetually pushing ideas of dancing! —Katie Bain, Billboard, 27 Sep. 2024

Crowded with memories that perpetually overlap, which have often taken place in the same rooms, under the same roof, at my family home of 29 years. —Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2024

Like a lot of other cancers, colorectal cancer can leave you feeling perpetually drained. —Amy Norton, SELF, 24 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above