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everlastingly

everlastingly

1 7.4
In a way that lasts forever
  • adverb
  • /ˌɛvərˈlæstɪŋli/
translation icon : eternamente
  • I would be so grateful, so everlastingly grateful... ...if, in future, you would ask my permission.

Examples

  • What's so everlastingly neat about young rock stars?

    Academic text (2007)
  • The stars in the night sky seem to shine everlastingly, captivating anyone who gazes upon them.

  • I can give you life everlastingly, if you wish it.

  • It's burned everlastingly in my memory.

  • Rather, eucharistic unity must exceed the borders of the Church, or it will bring us nothing everlastingly good.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Nikolai had disclosed the Ant Brotherhood to them but not the chief secret: the means by which all men would become everlastingly happy.

    Blog text (4)
  • So they must everlastingly try to make it all fit so that they never lose faith; the consequence (in their head) is ETERNAL anguish.

    Blog text (19)
  • I.e., Benedict would be not alive everlastingly in Heaven, but dead everywhere forevermore.

    Blog text (20)
  • "They resembled the wail of an everlastingly solitary siren, the sorrow in the purest of forms."

    Fiction book (1995)
  • It is important to see this, to find out for oneself how the self, the 'me', is perpetuating itself, how the 'me' is everlastingly thinking about virtue and trying to become virtuous, and establishing laws of morality for itself and for others.

    Blog text (29)

Synonyms

forever
vseverlastingly
1.0

For all time without end

focuses specifically on the sense of infinite duration
permanently
vseverlastingly
218 2.9

Stays the same for all time

asserts actual eternal continuation rather than intended permanence
endlessly
vseverlastingly
73 2.3

Without stopping for a very long time

emphasizes infinite time rather than ongoing process
eternally
vseverlastingly
53 5.2

For all time without end

means the same endless duration in plain adverbial form
perpetually
vseverlastingly
29 4.8

Happening all the time without stopping

pushes further to mean eternal duration rather than frequent occurrence
in perpetuity
vseverlastingly
  • Formal
16 7.8

A time that lasts forever

says the same endless time more simply and generally
forevermore
vseverlastingly
  • Archaic
8 6.8

Always from now on

expresses the same eternal idea but in neutral language
ad infinitum
vseverlastingly
  • Formal
7 8.8

Going on forever without any limit

conveys the same endless idea in ordinary English
ceaselessly
vseverlastingly
6 5.3

Without stopping

focuses on endless duration rather than interruption absence
evermore
vseverlastingly
  • Archaic
3 8.9

Continues for all future time

shares eternal meaning but lacks the literary tone
unceasingly
vseverlastingly
2 6.6

In a way that does not stop

is about lasting forever rather than persistent effort
interminably
vseverlastingly
2 7.6

In a way that goes on for a very long time with no end in sight

states true endlessness rather than just the impression of it
enduringly
vseverlastingly
1 5.6

Continuing to exist or have effect for a long time

stresses actual endlessness rather than long but finite life
forever and a day
vseverlastingly
  • Archaic
1 5.3

For a very long time with no clear end

expresses true forever rather than just seeming long duration
unendingly
vseverlastingly
1 5.8

Without stopping for a long time

highlights eternal continuation more than mere nonstopping action
lastingly
vseverlastingly
1 5.8

In a way that continues for a long time

means infinite continuation rather than merely long duration
unto the ages of ages
vseverlastingly
  • Archaic
9.9

For a very long time that never ends

conveys the same eternal idea in a simpler adverbial form

Antonyms

414 1.0

For a short time or in a few words

222 3.2

For a short time and not permanent

How Long

everlastingly
1 7.4
continuously
95 2.3
for a while
1.0
briefly
414 1.0
momentarily
47 3.7

Surface Forms

everlastingly positive

Morphology

everlastingly = everlasting (transparent) = ever + lasting + ly

Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'everlasting'; the adverbial meaning 'in an everlasting manner / forever' is directly predictable.

Etymology

The word everlastingly comes from ever ('always') and last ('to continue'), with the ending -ly that makes it an adverb. So, everlastingly means doing something 'in a way that always continues' or forever.