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permanently adverb for ever, constantly, continually, always, invariably, perennially, persistently, eternally, perpetually, steadfastly, indelibly, in perpetuity, enduringly, unwaveringly, immutably, lastingly, immovably, abidingly, unchangingly, unfadingly His face seemed permanently fixed in a scowl. briefly, temporarily, momentarily, fleetingly, ephemerally, impermanently, inconstantly, transitorily Translations permanently [ˈpɜːmənəntlɪ] ADV [live, go away, come back] → permanentemente; [damage] → irreparablemente, de forma permanente; [stain, disqualify, ban] → para siempre the accident left him permanently brain-damaged → el accidente le produjo un daño cerebral irreparable, el accidente le dejó dañado el cerebro para siempre his face seemed to be permanently fixed in a scowl → parecía tener siempre el ceño fruncido he is permanently drunk → está siempre or permanentemente borracho permanently [ˈpɜːrmənəntli] adv [affect] → définitivement to leave sb permanently disabled → laisser qn définitivement handicapé to be permanently damaged [organ, faculty] → être définitivement endommagé; [person] → souffrir de lésions permanentes Children are being permanently damaged by malnutrition → Les enfants souffrent de lésions permanentes dues à la malnutrition. to be permanently injured → être estropié to scar sb permanently (fig) [experience] → laisser des traces indélébiles chez qn [stay] → de façon permanente My wife and children are staying there permanently → Ma femme et mes enfants y résident de façon permanente. permanently adv → permanent, ständig; fixed → fest; damage → bleibend; change → ständig; a permanently depressing effect → eine anhaltend deprimierende Wirkung; permanently employed → fest angestellt; permanently glued together → dauerhaft verbunden; permanently pleated skirt → Rock mit Dauerfalten; are you living permanently in Frankfurt? → ist Frankfurt Ihr fester or ständiger Wohnsitz? permanently [ˈpɜːmənəntlɪ] adv (stay, leave) → definitivamente he is permanently drunk → è perennemente ubriaco permanently [ˈpɜːmənəntlɪ] adv (stay, leave) → definitivamente he is permanently drunk → è perennemente ubriaco How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Two years and three-quarters afterwards, Valdivia and Chiloe were again shaken, more violently than on the 20th, and an island in the Chonos Archipelago was permanently elevated more than eight feet. Probably nothing would then have persuaded me to put them off permanently, or to do more than lay them aside for the moment while I tried that new stop and that new step. Such a poetry could not be permanently successful, because the subjects of which it treats -- if susceptible of poetic treatment at all -- were certainly not suited for epic treatment, where unity of action which will sustain interest, and to which each part should contribute, is absolutely necessary. |
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