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sempiternally en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English sempiternal Middle English -ly English -ly English sempiternally From sempiternal + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In a sempiternal manner; eternally.
    • Meanwhile, Cripps and Limpet sat in the little sempiternally gas-lit wine-shop, and held an important conversation. 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 81:
  2. (not-comparable) in an everlasting manner, as to have an infinite temporal duration; as opposed to eternally or timelessly, as to exist outside time