eternally
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e·ter·nal
(ĭ-tûr′nəl)adj.
1. Being without beginning or end: belief in an eternal creator.
2.
a. Continuing without interruption; perpetual: earned my eternal gratitude. See Synonyms at continual.
b. Seemingly endless; interminable: eternal waiting at the airport.
n.
1. Something timeless, uninterrupted, or endless: "Shall we speak of universals and eternals?" (Cynthia Ozick).
2. Eternal God. Used with the.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin aeternālis, from Latin aeternus; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.]
e′ter·nal′i·ty (ē′tər-năl′ĭ-tē), e·ter′nal·ness n.
e·ter′nal·ly adv.
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Adv. | 1. | eternally - for a limitless time; "no one can live forever"; "brightly beams our Father's mercy from his lighthouse evermore"- P.P.Bliss |
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eternally
adverb
1. forever, always, for keeps, for all time, in perpetuity, evermore, for good and all (informal), till the cows come home (informal), world without end, till the end of time, till Doomsday She will be eternally grateful to her family for their support.
2. continually, constantly, all the time, endlessly, perpetually, incessantly, interminably, unremittingly, everlastingly, twenty-four-seven (informal) She complains eternally about how boring her life is.
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Translations
أَبَدِيًّا
evigtevindeligt
örökérvényűenörökkévaló módon
eilíflega, endalaust; sífellt, látlaust
večno
ebediyensonsuza kadar
eternally
[ɪˈtɜːnəlɪ] ADV1. (= everlastingly) [exist, live] → eternamente; [damned, joined] → para siempre, eternamente
2. (fig) (= perpetually) [grateful, optimistic, young] → eternamente; [quarrel, criticize] → constantemente
why do you have to be eternally quarrelling? → ¿por qué os tenéis que estar constantemente or siempre peleando?
he's eternally complaining → se pasa la vida quejándose
why do you have to be eternally quarrelling? → ¿por qué os tenéis que estar constantemente or siempre peleando?
he's eternally complaining → se pasa la vida quejándose
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eternally
[ɪˈtɜːrnəli] adv (= for ever) → éternellementto be eternally grateful to sb → être éternellement reconnaissant(e) à qneternal triangle n → éternel triangle m amoureux
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eternally
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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eternal
(iˈtəːnl) adjective1. without end; lasting for ever; unchanging. God is eternal; eternal life.
2. never ceasing. I am tired of your eternal complaints.
eˈternally adverbeˈternity noun
1. time without end.
2. a seemingly endless time. He waited for an eternity.
3. the state or time after death.
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