Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eternally

/ɪˈtɝ.nə.li/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables: eter-nal-ly
IPA: /ɪˈtɝ.nə.li/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

For eternity; forever.

adv

Unceasingly, recurringly.

Example Sentences

"I shall be eternally grateful for your assistance."
"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."
"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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: eternally

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɪˈtɝ.nə.li/
British English: /ɪˈtɜː.nə.li/

Inflected Forms

æternally (alternative, obsolete)

Synonyms

ever forevermore until hell freezes over ceaselessly incessantly nonstop everlastingly forever evermore

Rhymes With

internally externally diurnally

Questions

How do you pronounce eternally?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪˈtɝ.nə.li/.
What does eternally mean?: For eternity; forever.
Where does eternally come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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