eternally

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UK/ɪˈtɜː.nə.li/UK/ɪˈtɜːn.li/Canada, US/ɪˈtɝ.nə.li/Canada, US/iˈtɝ.nə.li/

adverb

For eternity; forever.

“I shall be eternally grateful for your assistance.”

Less commonScrabble 12

Meanings

adverbeternally (not comparable)

alternative obsolete æternally

  1. not comparableFor eternity; forever.

    I shall be eternally grateful for your assistance.

    1 more example

    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

  2. not comparableUnceasingly, 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

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbFor eternity; forever.

Similar

adverbUnceasingly, recurringly.

More synonyms by meaning

adverbfor a limitless time

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englisheternally
  2. Englisheternally

From Middle English eternally, eternaly; equivalent to eternal + -ly.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Ancient Greek αἰωνίως
  • αἰωνίως (aiōníōs)forever
Catalan eternament
  • eternamentforever
Finnish ikuisesti
  • ikuisestiforever
French éternellement
  • éternellementforever
German ewig
  • ewigforever
Greek αιώνια, παντοτινά
  • αιώνια (aiónia)forever
  • παντοτινά (pantotiná)forever
Hindi सदैव
  • सदैव (sadaiv)forever
Icelandic eilíflega
  • eilíflegaforever
Italian eternamente
  • eternamenteforever
Japanese 永遠に, 永久に
  • 永遠に (eien ni)forever
  • 永久に (eikyū ni)forever
Latin aeternō
  • aeternōforever
Polish wiecznie
  • wiecznieforever
Portuguese eternamente
  • eternamenteforever
Russian ве́чно
  • ве́чно (véčno)forever
Spanish eternamente
  • eternamenteforever
Turkish ebediyen, ilelebet
  • ebediyenforever
  • ilelebetforever
  • sonsuza dekforever
Ukrainian ві́чно
  • ві́чно (víčno)forever

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Cite this entry
APA

eternally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eternally

MLA

“eternally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eternally. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eternally,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eternally.

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