perpetuously
English
Etymology
From perpetuous + -ly.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɜːˈpɛtjuːəslɪ/
Adverb
perpetuously (not comparable)
- (obsolete, rare) Synonym of perpetually (“everlastingly, in perpetuity, for ever”).
- 1611, John Speed, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, published 1614, page 23:
- It deserved to be perpetuously memorable.
- 1683, Edward Hooker, Preface to Pordage’s Mystic Divinitie, page 71:
- A Conjunction which I wold ever call Copulativ, and make, if I could, perpetuously Consummativ.
Translations
everlastingly, in perpetuity, for ever — see perpetually
Further reading
- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “† Perpe·tuously, adv.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 717, column 1.