adv
Meaning 1
Year after year (literally: each year).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
perennially
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CMU ARPABET: P ER0 EH1 N IY0 AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
Constantly; with frequent recurrence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adverb
Meaning 3
in a perennial manner; repeatedly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- We want to know what is perennially new about the world
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English perennial Middle English -ly English -ly English perennially From perennial + -ly.
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