Eternally
adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 For eternity; forever. not-comparable
"I shall be eternally grateful for your assistance."
- 2 Unceasingly, recurringly. not-comparable
"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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Example
More examples"Man has many wishes that he does not really wish to fulfil, and it would be a misunderstanding to suppose the contrary. He wants them to remain wishes, they have value only in his imagination; their fulfilment would be a bitter disappointment to him. Such a desire is the desire for eternal life. If it were fulfilled, man would become thoroughly sick of living eternally, and yearn for death."
Etymology
From Middle English eternally, eternaly; equivalent to eternal + -ly.
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