perenniallyadv.
/pəˈrɛnɪəli/, U.S. /pəˈrɛnjəli/, /pəˈrɛniəli/ 1. Throughout the year or a succession of years; continually, perpetually; always.
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the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [adverb]
always fortha700
alwayeOE
oeOE
everOE
buten endea1000
echelichec1175
till doomsdayc1175
to timea1200
perdurablyc1275
in ayea1300
without endc1330
anytimea1375
for ay and oc1374
continually1382
perpetuallyc1385
ay-forthc1390
everlastinglyc1390
perpetualc1392
eternallyc1393
endlessa1400
in (also for, to) perpetuitya1400
always?c1425
without timec1425
endlesslya1450
sempiternlyc1450
infinitivec1470
aylastinglyc1475
everlastingc1475
incessantly1481
in saecula saeculorum1481
sempiternally1509
all days1533
for altogether1542
constantly1567
interminate?1567
incorruptibly1579
perpetuously1612
in perpetuum1613
eternal1614
unterminably1631
unfadinglya1672
unendingly1674
for a constancy1710
perennially1729
tarnally1790
imperishably1795
indefectibly1837
immortally1858
fadelessly1861
1729 S. Switzer Introd. Gen. Syst. Hydrostaticks & Hydraulicks I. 40 The Danube, the greatest River of Europe, whose Head..flows perennially.
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1784 II. 562 A captive in thy ambient arms, Perennially be thine.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ix. 69/2 Thou findest the Altar still there, and its sacred Lamp perennially burning.
1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith ix. 396 Duty or Obligation is submission to the authority of moral law, recognised by conscience as perennially binding.
1938 E. Waugh Scoop ii. ii. 22 His visits had been infrequent enough for each to be distinct and perennially horrifying in his memory.
1991 Wilson Q. Spring 11/1 The next stage—bringing stability to that perennially unstable corner of the world—is sure to put the whole idea to a severe test.
2. On a yearly basis; year after year.
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the world > time > period > year > [adverb] > all year > year in year out or year after year
from year to year1384
year by yeara1393
year after year?1567
year in and year out1819
perennially1861
1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. ii. v. 154 The attacks of the ague to which they were perennially subject.
1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iv. xxiii. 536 The contrôle, whose office is perennially vacant.
1971 Nature 9 July 89/3 The problems of water supply, pollution and sewage disposal in conditions of perennially or seasonally frozen ground.
2003 Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram (Nexis) 13 Mar. (Metro section) 1 Allergy season is starting, but those perennially plagued with sneezing and watery eyes will find it difficult to stockpile their favorite over-the-counter medication.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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