eternally
part of speech
adverb
meaning for a pupil
1) For ever, without beginning or end. tree →
2) (informal) Always; very often, as in «eternally late». tree →
3) (very strongly) Greatly, as in «I'll be eternally grateful». tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: Praise of God as "Living" for ever echoes the Jewish prayer to the living and everlasting God, whose name is blessed. The psalm says God will guide His people "eternally", and the tradition reads this as a promise that God never leaves Israel. In the primary 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
- These are the ten digits and zero, with which the Eternally Living God, blessed be His name, ordained His world. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- For such is God, our God, for ever and ever; He will guide us eternally. (Writings PSA.48.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- I'll be eternally grateful for your help. tree →
- Christians believe God lives eternally. tree →
- My brother is eternally losing his football boots. tree →
- The snow on the mountaintop seems eternally white. tree →
- The Mad Hatter and the March Hare were eternally having tea, because for them it was always six o'clock. tree →
- Grandpa is eternally cheerful, even in the rain. tree →
- The poem says the stars shine eternally. tree →
- We should be eternally your debtors. tree →
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
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «eternally» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.