Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- So as to be perennial; continually; without ceasing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a perennial manner.
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- adverb
year after year (literally: each year) - adverb
constantly
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a perennial manner; repeatedly
Etymologies
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Examples
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As a result, your garden will remain perennially healthy and alive.
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If that wasn†™ t true, we wouldn†™ t have had, for example, countless thousands of stories dealing with vampires, and they wouldn†™ t remain perennially popular.
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Could he live on and retain perennially that wonderful freshness and vivacity of his, he must become the most famous guest and favorite of the world.
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Could he live on and retain perennially that wonderful freshness and vivacity of his, he must become the most famous guest and favorite of the world.
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Pitino, whose name perennially is mentioned when coaching vacancies arise in the
Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal 2010
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Pitino, whose name perennially is mentioned when coaching vacancies arise in the
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Pitino, whose name perennially is mentioned when coaching vacancies arise in the
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Pitino, whose name perennially is mentioned when coaching vacancies arise in the
Louisville Business News - Local Louisville News | Business First of Louisville 2010
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By and large, stocks in the last 2-2. 5 months actually have done what analyst keep talking about perennially, which is a trading range and the move from 15,500 to 17,500 was largely driven by some of the auto numbers and the auto names.
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The news orgs, by contrast, are doing this out of laziness and a hopeless addiction to portraying lefties as a kind of perennially-disappointed lost tribe who will never, ever find their way out of the wilderness.
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American Heritage Dictionary (1)
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Latin perennis (per-, throughout; see per- + annus, year; see at- in Indo-European roots) + -al1.
Century Dictionary (1)
1. = OF. perennel = Sp. Pg. perennal,?L. perennis (? It. Sp. Pg. perenne = F. pérenne), lasting the year through, lasting long, continual, everlasting,?per, through, + annus, year: see annual. Cf. biennial, etc.
July 5, 2009