sempiternally

English

Etymology

From sempiternal +‎ -ly.

Adverb

sempiternally (not comparable)

  1. In a sempiternal manner; eternally.
    • 1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 81:
      Meanwhile, Cripps and Limpet sat in the little sempiternally gas-lit wine-shop, and held an important conversation.
  2. (philosophy) in an everlasting manner, as to have an infinite temporal duration; as opposed to eternally or timelessly, as to exist outside time
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