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Perennially

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per·en·ni·al  (p-rn-l)
adj.
1. Lasting or active through the year or through many years.
2.
a. Lasting an indefinitely long time; enduring: perennial happiness.
b. Appearing again and again; recurrent. See Synonyms at continual.
3. Botany Living three or more years.
n.
1. Botany A perennial plant.
2. Something that recurs or seems to recur on a yearly or continual basis: "that hardy perennial, the budget deficit" (David S. Broder).
[Latin perennis (per-, throughout; see per- + annus, year; see at- in Indo-European roots) + -al.]
per·enni·al·ly adv.
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Adv.1.perennially - in a perennial manner; repeatedly; "We want to know what is perennially new about the world"


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Add to that a pair of black eyes with yellowish whites, a proud glance, gleaming teeth, and lips which were perennially pomaded and redolent of musk.
The Gambler by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
Fair wards of court have faded into mothers and grandmothers; a long procession of Chancellors has come in and gone out; the legion of bills in the suit have been transformed into mere bills of mortality; there are not three Jarndyces left upon the earth perhaps since old Tom Jarndyce in despair blew his brains out at a coffee-house in Chancery Lane; but Jarndyce and Jarndyce still drags its dreary length before the court, perennially hopeless.
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