eternally
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English
Alternative forms
- æternally (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English eternally, eternaly; equivalent to eternal + -ly.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈtɜː.nə.li/, /ɪˈtɜːn.li/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪˈtɝ.nə.li/, /iˈtɝ.nə.li/
- (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪˈtɜːn.li/
Adverb
eternally (not comparable)
- For eternity; forever.
- I shall be eternally grateful for your assistance.
- Unceasingly, recurringly.
- 1908, W. B. M. Ferguson, chapter 1, in Zollenstein:
- 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.
Synonyms
- (for eternity): ever, forevermore, until hell freezes over; see also Thesaurus:forever
- (unceasingly, recurringly): ceaselessly, incessantly, nonstop; see also Thesaurus:continuously
Derived terms
- [[eternally collapsing object
eternity: eternity collar#English|eternity ring ethacridine: ethacridine lactate ethacrynic: ethacrynic acid]]
Translations
forever
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Middle English
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
eternally
- In an eternal, endless, or permanent manner.
- (rare) In a long-lasting way; non-ephemerally.
Descendants
References
- “ēternā̆llī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-19.
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