eternally

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US /ɪˈtɝ.nə.li/ UK /ɪˈtɜː.nə.li/
adv Freq #14708

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    For eternity; forever.

    I shall be eternally grateful for your assistance.

  2. 2
    adv

    Unceasingly, recurringly.

    The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it.

  3. 3
    adv

    for a limitless time

Etymology

From Middle English eternally, eternaly; equivalent to eternal + -ly.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adv · for eternity; forever. ever
2 adv · unceasingly, recurringly. ceaselessly
3 adv · for a limitless time forever
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