permanently

B1
US /ˈpɝmənəntli/ UK /ˈpɜːmənəntli/
adv Freq #7824

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    for a long time without essential change

    I am permanently disabled.

  2. 2
    adv

    In a permanent manner; lastingly.

    We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day.

  3. 3
    adv

    Forever.

    Necromancers were thought to have the power of restoring activity to the dead, either temporarily or permanently[.]

Etymology

From Middle English permanently; equivalent to permanent + -ly.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adv · for a long time without... for good
Opposites
temporarilytransiently
Word family
Derived forms nonpermanentlypermafrozensemipermanently

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