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

While the perpetually evolving music industry plows through 2024, the plethora of talent continues to shift and grow, influenced by platforms such as TikTok and a resurgence of genre-blending creativity. —Spin Contributor, SPIN, 22 July 2024

The exodus also dealt a blow to the city’s psyche. Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco and perpetually in its shadow, was already having a hard year. —Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 21 July 2024

The biological realities of sweat collide with our unreasonable (but perpetually sought out) desire to perfectly curate our external appearance. —Sarah Everts, TIME, 16 July 2024

For years, the almost perpetually pregnant Thrale would be simultaneously nursing one small child or another through some dire illness for which even more dire cures—bleedings, blisterings, purgings—had been ordered. —Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above