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# eternally

«eternally» in Mova's school dictionary: **For ever, without beginning or end** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) For ever, without beginning or end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eternally/#m1)

2) (informal) Always; very often, as in «eternally late». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eternally/#m2)

3) (very strongly) Greatly, as in «I'll be eternally grateful». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eternally/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In church language God is described as eternal, and Christians believe in eternal life. In everyday speech «eternally grateful» is a common, warm exaggeration meaning very grateful. It can also describe things that seem never to change, like «eternally cheerful».

### examples

- I'll be eternally grateful for your help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eternally/#x1)
- Christians believe God lives eternally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eternally/#x2)
- My brother is eternally losing his football boots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eternally/#x3)
- The snow on the mountaintop seems eternally white. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eternally/#x4)
- The Mad Hatter and the March Hare were eternally having tea, because for them it was always six o'clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eternally/#x5)
- Grandpa is eternally cheerful, even in the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eternally/#x6)
- The poem says the stars shine eternally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eternally/#x7)
- We should be eternally your debtors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eternally/#x8)

### note

Adverb from «eternal» (lasting for ever); the noun is «eternity». Pronounced ee-TER-na-lee. In everyday use it is usually an exaggeration; strictly, only things that never end are eternal.

### In the corpora

- [For such is God, our God, for ever and ever; He will guide us eternally.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.795/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «eternally» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eternally/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.