eternally
/ɪˈtɜː.nə.li/US/ɪˈtɝ.nə.li/
eternally adverb: for eternity; forever.
Adverb
eternally (not comparable)
- For eternity; forever.
- I shall be eternally grateful for your assistance.
- Finding realistic needle-moving signings is especially hard when clubs do not want to sell at this stage of a campaign, while you are eternally at the mercy of those with bigger teeth and sharper claws further up the food chain.2026 February 3, Glenn Speller, “Championship transfer window winners and losers”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2026
- Synonyms:
- ever
- Unceasingly, recurringly.
- The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it.1908, W. B. M. Ferguson, chapter 1, in Zollenstein
- Synonyms:
- ceaselessly
eternally meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
eternally in Hindi
- forever
- सदैव sadaiv
eternally in Tamil
- நித்தம்
eternally in Urdu
- مدام, سدا
eternally in Bengali
- চিরকালের জন্য
More languagesFewer languages
- eternally in Malayalam
- ശാശ്വതമായി, നിത്യമായി, എന്നെന്നേക്കുമായി, അനശ്വരമായി
- eternally in Sanskrit
- सर्वकालम् sarvakālam
Examples of eternally in a sentence
- She saved my life, for which I am eternally grateful.
- "However, Wilson’s response was rather on-brand for the eternally optimistic signal-caller."
- A dark place, a shadowed place, only a blot against the eternally nightened skies.
Synonyms of eternally
Forms of eternally
| alternative form (obsolete) | æternally |
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Origin of eternally
From Middle English eternally, eternaly; equivalent to eternal + -ly.
Phrases with eternally
Questions about eternally
- What does eternally mean?
- Eternally means for eternity; forever.
- What is eternally in Hindi?
- Eternally in Hindi is सदैव (sadaiv). See Eternally meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is eternally?
- Eternally is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce eternally?
- Eternally is pronounced /ɪˈtɜː.nə.li/ (UK).
Words near eternally in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: eternally (page history and authors); eternally (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eternally (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eternally (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eternally (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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