All 4 Uses
perpetual
in
A Sketch of the Past
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- This seemed enough to cause us perpetual delight.†
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- What innocence, what incredible simplicity of mind it showed—to keep this cardboard quotation—from Thackeray I think—perpetually displayed, as if it were a frontispiece to a book—nailed to the wall in the hall of the house.†
- One landing smelt perpetually of candle grease; for on a high cupboard stood all the bedroom candles.†
- The room smelt perpetually of tobacco smoke.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(perpetual) continuing forever without change; or occurring so frequently it seems constant
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)