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eternally

adverb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪˈtɜː.nə.li/ / /ɪˈtɜːn.li/ / /ɪˈtɝ.nə.li/

adv

Etymology: From Middle English eternally, eternaly; equivalent to eternal + -ly.

  1. For eternity; forever.

    “I shall be eternally grateful for your assistance.”

    “Finding realistic needle-moving signings is especially hard when clubs do not want to sell at this stage of a campaign, while you are eternally at the mercy of those with bigger teeth and sharper claws further up the food chain.”

  2. Unceasingly, recurringly.

    “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.”