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Definition: Perpetually |
PerpetuallyAdverb1. Seemingly uninterrupted; "constantly bullied by his big brother"; "was perpetually answering the doorbell". 2. Everlastingly; for all time; "rays...streaming perpetually from the sun"- Stuart Chase. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "perpetually" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonym: PerpetuallySynonym: constantly (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Perpetuity | Adverb: perpetually; Adjective: always, ever, evermore, aye; for ever, for aye, till the end of the universe, forevermore, forever and a day, for ever and ever; in all ages, from age to age; without end; world without end, time without end; in secula seculorum; to the end of time, to the crack of doom, to the "last syllable of recorded time"; till doomsday; constantly; (very frequently). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Perpetually |
| English words defined with "perpetually": constantly ♦ Ever in one ♦ Forever and ever ♦ Indissolvable. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "perpetually": Age hoc ♦ KLB ♦ Lilli-Burlero, livelock ♦ Wyn-monath. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I like Dick Cheney, because he's perpetually pissed off. (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno; writing credit: Jimmy Brogan) Aunt Clara had for years not only perpetually labored under the delusion that I was 4 years old, but also a girl (A Christmas Story; writing credit: Leigh Brown; Bob Clark) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Author Unknown | Man is occasionally what he should be perpetually. |
Edmund Burke | A nation is not conquered which is perpetually to be conquered. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | And thus the community perpetually retains a supreme power of saving themselves from the attempts and designs of any body, even of their legislators, whenever they shall be so foolish, or so wicked, as to lay and carry on designs against the liberties and properties of the subject: for no man or society of men, having a power to deliver up their preservation, or consequently the means of it, to the absolute will and arbitrary dominion of another; when ever any one shall go about to bring them into such a slavish condition, they will always have a right to preserve, what they have not a power to part with; and to rid themselves of those, who invade this fundamental, sacred, and unalterable law of self-preservation, for which they entered into society. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | All the facts of life are perpetually in flight before us. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I slept some hours, but perpetually disturbed with dreams of the place I had left, and the dangers I had escaped |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Chile | Ownership of the trademark is not prejudiced by lack of use in cases where the registered party makes use of the mark in other countries, and trademarks may be perpetually registered in periods of ten years at a time. (references) |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Previous, however, to this period we had not been unaware of the danger to which our peace would be perpetually exposed whilst so important a key to the commerce of the Western country remained under foreign power. |
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| "Perpetually" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Perpetually" is used about 173 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 173 | 23,656 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
perpetually | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "perpetually"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | përjetësisht (eternally), përherë (always, perennially, permanently), gjithmonë (always, as usual, aye, ever, evermore, night and day, perennially). (various references) | |
Chinese | 永久地 (Permanently). (various references) | |
Czech | neustále (constantly, continuously, incessantly). (various references) | |
Finnish | yhäti (continually, ever), alinomaa (constantly, continually). (various references) | |
German | fortwährende. (various references) | |
Greek | συνεχώς (consistently, constantly, continually, invariably), αιώνια (evermore), αενάωσ, διαρκώσ (always, continually, perennially, steadily). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ל צח (always, conquer, defeat, eternally, everlastingly, evermore, for ever, forever, lick, overcome, overpower, triumph, vanquish, win). (various references) | |
Hungarian | örökre (for ever, for good, for keeps, forever), örökösen, állandóan (constantly, continually, continuously, invariably, permanently, standing joke, to visit). (various references) | |
Korean | 끊임없 (Continuously, incessantly). (various references) | |
Manx | sheer- (amaranthine, ceaseless, constant, constantly, continual, continuous, deathless, endless, ever, interminable, lastingly, never ceasing, perennial, permanent, permanently, perpetual, persistent, persistently, prefix continuous, timeless, undying, unending). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | erpetuallypay.(various references) | |
Romanian | perpetuu (immortally, perpetual), veşnic (always, continual, continuous, endless, eternal, eternally, everlasting, inextinguishable, livelong, never-dying, perdurable, perennial, perennially, perpetual, sempiternal, unceasing). (various references) | |
Russian | вечно (agelessly, eternally, perennially). (various references) | |
Spanish | perpetuamente. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aeterno, aeternum, aether, jugiter, sempiterno. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | 2 Chronicles Chapter 7, Verse 16 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai nun exelexamhn kai hgiaka ton oikon touton tou einai onoma mou ekei ewV aiwnoV kai esontai oi ofqalmoi mou kai h kardia mou ekei pasaV taV hmeraV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Elegi enim et sanctificavi locum istum ut sit nomen meum ibi in sempiternum et permaneant oculi mei et cor meum ibi cunctis diebus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Of the tresoures alle the expensis maad redy hadde Salomon, fro that day that he foundide the hous of the Lord vnto that day that he perfourmede it. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For I have taken this house for myself and made it holy, so that my name may be there for ever; and my eyes and my heart will be there at all times. |
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| Language | 2 Chronicles Chapter 7, Verse 16 |
| Cebuano | Kay karon gipili ug gibalaan ko kining balaya, aron ang akong ngalan magapuyo diha sa walay katapusan; ug ang akong mga mata ug ang akong kasingkasing mabaanha diha sa kanunay. |
| Croatian | Sada sam, dakle, izabrao i posvetio ovaj Dom da ovdje bude Ime moje zauvijek i ovdje æe sve dane biti moje oèi i moje srce. |
| Danish | Og nu har jeg udvalgt og billiget dette Hus, for at mit Navn kan bo der til evig Tid, og mine Øjne og mit Hjerte skal være der alle Dage. |
| Dutch | Want Ik heb nu dit huis verkoren en geheiligd, opdat Mijn Naam daar zij tot in eeuwigheid en Mijn ogen en Mijn hart zullen daar te allen dage zijn. |
| Finnish | Ja nyt minä olen valinnut ja pyhittänyt tämän temppelin, että minun nimeni olisi siinä iäti; ja minun silmäni ja sydämeni tulevat aina olemaan siinä. |
| French | Maintenant, je choisis et je sanctifie cette maison pour que mon nom y réside jamais, et j`aurai toujours l mes yeux et mon coeur. |
| German | So habe ich nun dies Haus erwählt und geheiligt, daß mein Name daselbst sein soll ewiglich und meine Augen und mein Herz soll da sein allewege. |
| Hungarian | Most választottam és megszenteltem e házat, hogy az én nevem abban legyen mindörökké, és ott lesznek az én szemeim és az én szívem mindenkor. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Semuanya itu akan Kulakukan karena tempat ini telah Kupilih dan Kukhususkan menjadi tempat ibadat kepada-Ku untuk selama-lamanya. Aku akan memperhatikannya dan melindunginya sepanjang masa. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | karena sekarang sudah Kupilih dan Kusucikan rumah ini, supaya nama-Ku tinggal di sana sampai selama-lamanya; dan mata-Ku dan hati-Kupun akan ada di sana pada segala hari. |
| Italian | Ora io mi sono scelto e ho santificato questo tempio perché la mia presenza vi resti sempre; e lì saranno sempre i miei occhi e il mio cuore. |
| Maori | Kua whiriwhiria nei hoki e ahau, kua whakatapua inaianei tenei whare, hei waihotanga iho mo toku ingoa a ake ake; ko reira ano oku kanohi, me toku ngakau, i nga ra katoa. |
| Norwegian | Og nu har jeg utvalgt og helliget dette hus, forat mitt navn skal bo der til evig tid, og mine øine og mitt hjerte skal være der alle dager. |
| Portuguese | Pois agora escolhi e consagrei esta casa, para que nela esteja o meu nome para sempre; e nela estarão fixos os meus olhos e o meu coração perpetuamente. |
| Rumanian | Acum, aleg wi sfinyesc casa aceasta, pentruca Numele Meu sq locuiascq kn ea pe vecie, wi voi avea totdeauna ochii wi inima Mea acolo. |
| Swedish | Och nu har jag utvalt och helgat detta hus, för att mitt namn skall vara där till evig tid. Och mina ögon och mitt hjärta skola vara där alltid. |
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Misspellings | |
"Perpetually" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: perpetuals. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "perpetually" (pronounced perpe"khuwulē) |
| 5 | -kh uw u l ē | conceptually, contractually, factually, habitually, intellectually, mutually, virtually. |
| 4 | -uw u l ē | annually, continually, gradually, individually, manually, semiannually, sexually. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abysmally, accidentally, abnormally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, sequentially, serenely, severally, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-l-p-p-r-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: perpetual. | |
-3 letters: pterylae, teleplay. | |
-4 letters: alertly, epaulet, peartly, petrale, peytral, peytrel, playlet, pleater, pleurae, pleural, prelate, pretape, pretype, pteryla, reapply, replate, upleapt. | |
-5 letters: allure, eatery, elater, eluate, elytra, lapper, lappet, lately, laurel, lealty, leaper, luteal, lyrate, palely, pallet, palter, paltry, papery, papule, parley, partly, pauper, pearly, peepul, pellet, pelter, peltry, pertly, petrel, plater, player. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-l-p-p-r-t-u-y" | |
+1 letter: perceptually. | |
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