Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a perpetual manner; constantly; continually; always; forever: as, lamps kept perpetually burning; one who is perpetually boasting.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a perpetual manner; constantly; continually.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb Seeming to never end;
endlessly ;constantly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb without interruption
- adverb everlastingly; for all time
Etymologies
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Examples
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But just because personality is itself a relative triumph of good over evil it is possible to conceive of the existence of a personality in whom evil is perpetually overcome by good, while it is impossible to conceive of a personality in whom good is _perpetually_ overcome by evil.
The Complex Vision John Cowper Powys 1917
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In many of the Chinese edicts we see the term perpetually applied to those people outside the Celestial Kingdom, and to all those who are not Chinese.
Impressions of a War Correspondent George Lynch
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The insurgency, the group concluded, has adapted to the surge, creating what it dubbed a "perpetually escalating stalemate."
Differing Data Shape Views of Surge Dion Nissenbaum 2011
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If one perceives, like those living in perpetually poor neighbourhoods, that they have little chance of succeeding in the mainstream, there may be more lucrative pay-offs (monetary or not) that they can seek in the criminal world.
Why Do the Poor Commit More Crime?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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They remain perpetually awake until they go crazy and their bodies break down.
Interview with Jonathan Maberry, author of Patient Zero 2009
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In addition, teams of students put up elaborate multipage Web sites — on the prospects for wind turbines in perpetually gusty western areas, on the history of irrigation systems in the Yellow River basin of Ningxia — some of which have won prizes in international high-school “cyber-fairs.”
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Incidentally, they share some of them will remain "perpetually stupid".
Saturday morning rant (story v language) lili 2008
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In addition, teams of students put up elaborate multipage Web sites — on the prospects for wind turbines in perpetually gusty western areas, on the history of irrigation systems in the Yellow River basin of Ningxia — some of which have won prizes in international high-school “cyber-fairs.”
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Incidentally, they share some of them will remain "perpetually stupid".
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Incidentally, they share some of them will remain "perpetually stupid".
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