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eternally

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e·ter·nal  (-tûrnl)
adj.
1. Being without beginning or end; existing outside of time. See Synonyms at infinite.
2. Continuing without interruption; perpetual.
3. Forever true or changeless: eternal truths.
4. Seemingly endless; interminable. See Synonyms at ageless, continual.
5. Of or relating to spiritual communion with God, especially in the afterlife.
n.
1. Something timeless, uninterrupted, or endless.
2. Eternal God. Used with the.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin aeternlis, from Latin aeternus; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.]

eter·nali·ty (tr-nl-t), e·ternal·ness n.
e·ternal·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

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.
Translations
eternally [ɪˈtɜːnəlɪ] ADV
1. (= 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 complainingse pasa la vida quejándose
eternally [ɪˈtɜːrnəli] adv (= for ever) → éternellement
to be eternally grateful to sb → être éternellement reconnaissant(e) à qn
eternal triangle néternel triangle m amoureux
eternally
advewig; optimistic, cheerfulimmer; damned eternallyauf ewig verdammt; to be eternally grateful (to somebody/for something)(jdm/für etw) ewig dankbar sein
eternally [ɪˈtɜːnəlɪ] adveternamente
eternally [ɪˈtɜːnəlɪ] adveternamente


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Toiling eternally They knock the stone, like tireless shuttles plied Upon a sounding loom.
But should it be - that dream eternally Continuing - as dreams have been to me In my young boyhood - should it thus be given,'Twere folly still to hope for higher Heaven
THE main purpose of this story is to appeal to the reader's interest in a subject which has been the theme of some of the greatest writers, living and dead -- but which has never been, and can never be, exhausted, because it is a subject eternally interesting to all mankind.
 
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