as in forever
for all time
we will be eternally grateful for your kind generosity
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Recent Examples of eternally
After being stuck on a boss, eternally forced to run back and replay swaths of danger for just another slim shot at winning, overcoming most challenges feels less like triumph and more like someone’s mercifully loosened the belt around your neck.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
Spanning some 22 million acres, the state's eternally emerald forests are one of its most iconic features.
—Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
His life was secured eternally by His Savior, Jesus Christ.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The two cross blades several times before finally teaming up against the Radiance, which is trapped within a container known as the Black Egg, sealed by the power of three eternally sleeping bugs known as the Dreamers.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Head coach Dave Canales is eternally optimistic.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2025
Not a Groundhog Day with do-overs — the exact same life, repeated eternally.
—Shai Tubali, Big Think, 5 Aug. 2025
The sun never crests high above the horizon there, leaving some craters in permanent shadow—and valuable deposits of water ice lacing their eternally dark floors.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 4 Aug. 2025
Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2025
Spanning some 22 million acres, the state's eternally emerald forests are one of its most iconic features.
—Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
His life was secured eternally by His Savior, Jesus Christ.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The two cross blades several times before finally teaming up against the Radiance, which is trapped within a container known as the Black Egg, sealed by the power of three eternally sleeping bugs known as the Dreamers.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Head coach Dave Canales is eternally optimistic.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2025
Not a Groundhog Day with do-overs — the exact same life, repeated eternally.
—Shai Tubali, Big Think, 5 Aug. 2025
The sun never crests high above the horizon there, leaving some craters in permanent shadow—and valuable deposits of water ice lacing their eternally dark floors.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eternally
Adverb
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The track is a synthesis of where Swift is in her life, in a pop era threaded with happiness, family and the promise of forever.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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So if believing that your rosy glow or struggles with heartburn make waiting to meet your baby a little bit easier to bear, then may these myths be around forever.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Via pipelines, the supercritical CO2 is delivered to injection wells where it’s stored permanently in deep underground geological formations, generally one to two kilometers deep.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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Typically in a temporary funding lapse like this, a broad swath of workers is furloughed, but not permanently fired.—
Steve Inskeep,
NPR,
3 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Blood is always poised and ready to clot, because the body sees this as a life-saving mechanism.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Also, their mutual affection didn’t always arrive at the same time for each of them.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Eternally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eternally. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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