adv
Meaning 1
For eternity; forever.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- I shall be eternally grateful for your assistance.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
eternally
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ɪˈtɜː.nə.li/
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Canada, US: /ɪˈtɝ.nə.li/
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Canada, US: /iˈtɝ.nə.li/
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adv
Meaning 2
Unceasingly, recurringly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
for a limitless time- P.P.Bliss
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- no one can live forever
- brightly beams our Father's mercy from his lighthouse evermore
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: everlastingly, forever, evermore
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English eternally, eternaly; equivalent to eternal + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: eternament — forever
- Chukchi: таӈӄонпыӈ (taṇqonpyṇ) — forever
- Finnish: ikuisesti — forever
- French: éternellement — forever
- Galician: eternamente — forever
- German: ewig — forever
- Greek: αιώνια (aiónia) — forever
- Greek: παντοτινά (pantotiná) — forever
- Ancient Greek: αἰωνίως (aiōníōs) — forever
- Hindi: सदैव (sadaiv) — forever
- Icelandic: eilíflega — forever
- Italian: eternamente — forever
- Japanese: 永遠に (eien ni) — forever
- Japanese: 永久に (eikyū ni) — forever
- Latin: aeternō — forever
- Navajo: hoolʼáágóó — forever
- Norman: êtèrnellement — forever
- Plautdietsch: eewichlich — forever
- Polish: wiecznie — forever
- Portuguese: eternamente — forever
- Russian: ве́чно (véčno) — forever
- Sanskrit: सर्वकालम् (sarvakālam) — forever
- Spanish: eternamente — forever
- Turkish: ebediyen — forever
- Turkish: ilelebet — forever
- Turkish: sonsuza dek — forever
- Ukrainian: ві́чно (víčno) — forever