Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without beginning or end of duration, or without end only; with reference to or throughout eternity.
- Perpetually; incessantly; at all times.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an eternal manner.
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- adverb For
eternity ;forever .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb for a limitless time
Etymologies
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Examples
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Though it will forever be unknown exactly how the name came about and myths will circle it eternally, the Japanese words gorira (gorilla) and kujira (whale) were combined and the beast became known as Gojira, which in turn became, in the west, Godzilla.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes said: "We must remain eternally vigilant not to suppress the expression of opinions that we loathe."
"What do YOU do when your favorite author turns out to be a puppy-kicker?" Roger Sutton 2009
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I remain eternally grateful to him for that night in Birmingham.
Stewart Lee: The best performance I've ever seen Stewart Lee 2010
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But with an ever-refreshing youth demographic, they remain eternally hip and popular.
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All that we call the eternally feminine is obliterated.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists Elbert Hubbard 1885
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Kim Jong-un, his youngest son and anointed successor, was described as the "eternally immovable mental mainstay of the Korean people" by North Korean state news agency KCNA.
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Kim Jong-un, his youngest son and anointed successor, was described as the "eternally immovable mental mainstay of the Korean people" by North Korean state news agency KCNA.
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Jong-un, the youngest son and successor to the ruling dynasty started by his grandfather, was described as the "eternally immovable mental mainstay of the Korean people" by KCNA.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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Jong-un, the youngest son and successor to the ruling dynasty started by his grandfather, was described as the "eternally immovable mental mainstay of the Korean people" by KCNA.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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Must guilty man then remain eternally under wrath?
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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