Dictionary

permanently en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɝ.mə.nənt.li/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ˈpɜː.(ɹ.)mənt.li/ (colloquial, dialectal)
• /ˈpɜː.mə.nənt.li/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

From Middle English permanently; equivalent to permanent + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a permanent manner; lastingly.
   • ADAS are aimed to assist the drivers, who always remain responsible for vehicle control and shall permanently monitor the environment and vehicle/system performance Informal document GRVA-18-07/Rev.2, Proposal for amendments to ECE/TRANS/WP.29/GRVA/2024/2, UN Regulation on uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles with regard to Driver Control Assistance Systems, UNECE, 22-26 January 2024
   • We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner. He could not be induced to remain permanently at Mohair because Miss Trevor was at Asquith, but he appropriated a Hempstead cart from the Mohair stables and made the trip sometimes twice in a day. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 63:
2. Forever.
   • Friday’s vote has permanently redefined the kilogram and sent Le Grand K into retirement. 2018 November 13, Matthew Robinson and Lianne Kolirin, “The world has just redefined the kilogram”, in CNN:
   • Necromancers were thought to have the power of restoring activity to the dead, either temporarily or permanently[.] 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 52:

Forms

Antonyms

transiently · temporarily

Deriveds

permafrozen · semipermanently · nonpermanently

Translations (53)

ja 永久に (in a permanent manner) · da permanent (in a permanent manner) · sv stadigvarande (in a permanent manner) · ka მუდმივად (in a permanent manner) · ja 永続的に (in a permanent manner) · sv oföränderlig (in a permanent manner) · ka სამუდამოდ (in a permanent manner) · tr temelli (in a permanent manner) · io permanante (in a permanent manner) · fr toujours (in a permanent manner) · pt permanentemente (in a permanent manner) · et püsivalt (in a permanent manner) · gl permanentemente (in a permanent manner) · ja 久しく (in a permanent manner) · sv bestående (in a permanent manner) · hu tartósan (in a permanent manner) · cs permanentně (in a permanent manner) · es constantemente (in a permanent manner) · sv beständig (in a permanent manner) · ka მუდამ (in a permanent manner) · eo permanente (in a permanent manner) · da for altid (in a permanent manner) · es continuamente (in a permanent manner) · de ständig (in a permanent manner) · sv varaktig (in a permanent manner) · no for alltid (in a permanent manner) · ja ずっと (in a permanent manner) · ro în permanență (in a permanent manner) · et alaliselt (in a permanent manner) · da for evig (in a permanent manner) · ka გამუდმებით (in a permanent manner) · eo senĉese (in a permanent manner) · da for stedse (in a permanent manner) · no permanent (in a permanent manner) · es permanentemente (in a permanent manner) · sv permanent (in a permanent manner) · bg постоянно (in a permanent manner) · is varanlega (in a permanent manner) · hu maradandóan (in a permanent manner) · sv oavbruten (in a permanent manner) · aeb بِالكُلّ (in a permanent manner) · fr continuellement (in a permanent manner) · sv för evigt (in a permanent manner) · fi pysyvästi (in a permanent manner) · el μόνιμα (in a permanent manner) · de permanent (in a permanent manner) · fr en permanence (in a permanent manner) · bg трайно (in a permanent manner) · ca permanentment (in a permanent manner) · pl na stałe (in a permanent manner) · el μονίμως (in a permanent manner) · it permanentemente (in a permanent manner) · sv för alltid (in a permanent manner)