Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- With indifiniteness; without settled limitation or precision; infinitely.
Wiktionary
- adv. For a long time, no end defined
- adv. Forever.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. In an indefinite manner or degree; without any settled limitation; vaguely; not with certainty or exactness.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. to an indefinite extent; for an indefinite time
Examples
“Déby lock up the opposition, or Paul Biya extend his term indefinitely is kind of beside the point.”
“Whole Word is impractical because it relies 100% on information you can retain indefinitely in your brain.”
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“I say lets lift term limits Obama will win indefinitely!!”
“The most obvious recent signs are the increasing arbitrary executive power (or claim thereof) to spy on everybody, detain indefinitely, kill at will.”
“It sure wasn't to train indefinitely in California or Hawaii.”
“Keeping them imprisoned indefinitely is not the right solution, even if there is no good answer.”
“That a city whose next mayor might not be reelected indefinitely is a city circling the drain.”
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“If large US military forces remain indefinitely in the Muslim world, with the United States continuing to express a firm desire for an indefinite military presence in the region, then I see two things that could happen.”
“Sullivan has been suspended indefinitely from the fire department (NOT connected with his claims ...)”
“And to anyone abroad that the government may decide to detain indefinitely in the future with only a “trial” in a military tribunal.”
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