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Definition of Perpetually

1. Adverb. Everlastingly; for all time. "Rays...streaming perpetually from the sun"

2. Adverb. Without interruption. "The world is constantly changing"

Definition of Perpetually

1. adv. In a perpetual manner; constantly; continually.

Definition of Perpetually

1. Adverb. Seeming to never end; endlessly; constantly. ¹

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Definition of Perpetually

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perpetually

perpetrator perpetrators perpetuable perpetual perpetual-license perpetual arrhythmia perpetual beta perpetual bond perpetual bonds perpetual calendar

perpetual license perpetual motion perpetual motion machine perpetual warrant perpetuall perpetually perpetually growing tooth perpetuals perpetuance perpetuate

perpetuated perpetuates perpetuating perpetuation perpetuations perpetuator perpetuators perpetude perpetuities perpetuity

Literary usage of Perpetually

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"Constantine was almost perpetually in motion to exercise the legions, or to inspect the state of the provinces. Trêves, Milan, Aquileia, Sirmium, Naissus, ..."

2. View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages by Henry Hallam (1848)
"... change of fashion, because the inquirer unrestrained by authority, is perpetually cheered by the discovery of truth in re searches which the boundless ..."

3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"In view of the rulings above announced, the court did not err In approving the auditor's report, and in decreeing that the de fendant below be perpetually ..."

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