eternally
English
    
    Alternative forms
    
- æternally (archaic)
Etymology
    
From Middle English eternally, eternaly; equivalent to eternal + -ly.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ɪˈtɜː(ɹ)nəli/
- Audio (Southern England) - (file) 
 
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.
 
 
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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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Anagrams
    
Middle English
    
    Alternative forms
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ɛːtɛrˈnaːliː/, /ɛːˈtɛrnaliː/
Adverb
    
eternally
- In an eternal, endless, or permanent manner.
- (rare) In a long-lasting way; non-ephemerally.
References
    
- “ēternā̆llī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-19.
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