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

Major arteries all over the city now are much slower to traverse, and, of course, those car-centric freeways are perpetually under construction. —The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024

Too much of the earlier plot is so telegraphed that the audience is perpetually ahead of the characters; by the end, the reverse has happened, but too clumsily for the surprise to properly land. —Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2024

That’ll be followed by three games in Seattle against the Mariners (19-15), who narrowly lead the division, followed by four games in Houston against the Astros (12-22), who have been scuffling but are perpetually dangerous. —Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024

With 15 ovens and perpetually open windows, the roasting room was uncomfortable for workers. —Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2024

Its world seems perpetually cast in green and purple shadows, but the details are less creepy than kooky. —Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024

Enter the young and perpetually enthusiastic superproducer Andrew Watt, who worked on the Stones’ snappy comeback Hackney Diamonds, as well as similarly reenergizing albums by Iggy Pop and Ozzy Osbourne. —Morgan Enos, SPIN, 19 Apr. 2024

Soil has a finite capacity; global soils cannot perpetually soak up carbon. —Jessica Rawnsley, WIRED, 18 Apr. 2024

Living in shabby apartments with his younger brother and his perpetually unhappy mother, the preteen Schwartz turned to literature as an escape. —Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above