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Permanently

//ˈpɝmənəntli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a permanent manner; lastingly.

    "We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day."

  2. 2
    Forever.

    "Necromancers were thought to have the power of restoring activity to the dead, either temporarily or permanently[.]"

Adverb
  1. 1
    for a long time without essential change wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English permanently; equivalent to permanent + -ly.

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