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

But allowing yourself to be perpetually stressed by that candidate might be killing you. —Arianna Huffington, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024

Location Hôtel du Couvent sits smack in Nice's Old Town, where streets are narrow and buildings look perpetually sunburned. —Paul Jebara, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2024

There’s the one in Gallup, N.M., perpetually packed with buses from the nearby Navajo and Zuni nations. —Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024

There isn’t a more perpetually disappointing fruit than a grocery store strawberry. —Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 15 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above