perpetually, adv.
(pəˈpɛtjuːəlɪ)
[f. perpetual a. + -ly2.]
1. Everlastingly, eternally, for ever; in perpetuity; indefinitely, for the rest of one's life. arch.
| c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1176 That thou and I be dampned to prison Perpetuelly. 1426 Audelay Poems 25 Therfore damnyd schalt thou be, Into hel perpetually. 1491 Act 7 Hen. VII, c. 10 The foreseid statute..shuld be in his force and virtue fro thens perpetuelly to endure. 1535 Coverdale Ps. lxxvii. 69 There he buylded his temple on hye..that it might perpetually endure. 1580 Sidney Ps. ix. v, He to all his judgments shall apply Perpetually. a 1688 Villiers (Dk. Buckhm.) Restoration Wks. (1775) 106 Can shame remain perpetually in me, And not in others? |
2. Incessantly; persistently; continually, constantly; with constant recurrence.
| c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 431 Þo þat..bynden hem to kepe perpetuelly. c 1420 Lydg. Assembly of Gods 2095 Oure habitacion chaungeth Fro ioy to peyne & woo perpetuelly. 1553 Short Catech. in Lit. & Doc. Edw. VI (1844) 506 Yet is his Godhead perpetually present with us. a 1635 Naunton Fragm. Reg. (Arb.) 62 He lived almost perpetually in the Camp. 1711 Addison Spect. No. 105 ¶6, I might likewise mention the Law-Pedant, that is perpetually putting Cases. 1855 Macaulay Hist. Eng. xviii. IV. 127 Encroachments were perpetually committed. 1870 Dickens E. Drood ii, Crisparkle..perpetually pitching himself head-foremost into all the deep running water. |