Both Uses of
perpetual
in
Animal Farm
- Its owner was a Mr. Frederick, a tough, shrewd man, perpetually involved in lawsuits and with a name for driving hard bargains.
p. 38.5 *perpetually = frequently (seemingly all the time)
- They put it about that the animals on the Manor Farm (they insisted on calling it the Manor Farm; they would not tolerate the name 'Animal Farm') were perpetually fighting among themselves and were also rapidly starving to death.
p. 38.9perpetually = continually
Definition:
continuing forever without change
or:
occurring so frequently it seems continual
or:
occurring so frequently it seems continual