Permanently
['pɜːm(ə)nəntlɪ] or ['pɝmənəntli]
Definition
(adv.) for a long time without essential change; 'he is permanently disabled'.
Editor: Lucia--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a permanent manner.
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Examples
- The sign Bell out of order is usually due to the fact that the battery is either temporarily or permanently exhausted. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- You can beat Tammany Hall permanently in one way--by making the government of a city as human, as kindly, as jolly as Tammany Hall. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- May's blush remained permanently vivid: it seemed to have a significance beyond that implied by the recognition of Madame Olenska's social bad faith. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- This sea bottom, in localities near land, is abundantly sown with wrecks, old and new, and in many cases bearing permanently valuable cargoes, such as gold and coal. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I wish we may be able to benefit her permanently. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I also detached a brigade under Ransom to Natchez, to garrison that place permanently. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- If the cottage is now permanently deserted we may have some difficulty. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- If magenta is replaced by other artificial dyes,--for example, scarlets,--the result is similar; in general, wool material absorbs dye readily, and uniting with it is permanently dyed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- But although the escaped vapor mingles with the atmosphere, hovering near the earth's surface, or rising far above the level of the mountains, it does not remain there permanently. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The truth seems to be that a long line of disillusive centuries has permanently displaced the Hellenic idea of life, or whatever it may be called. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- But Mr. Duncan soon realized that the idea of gluing the type permanently to a wooden drum was unpractical. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Flora, now permanently heavy, did not release Arthur from the survey of the house, until it had extended even to his old garret bedchamber. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- They really believed that the vast populations of eastern Asia could be permanently subordinated to such a Europe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In 1807 Robert Fulton built the Clermont, and permanently established steam navigation on the Hudson River between New York and Albany. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Of course, they did not intend to occupy permanently an apartment so splendid. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- On a permanently constructed pocket table, right-angled plugs of the rubber cushion are screwed to the corner pocket irons and straight sections are screwed to the side pocket irons. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The other side of the local circuit was permanently connected to an insulated block on the vibrator. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Steel is less affected than soft iron for the time, but remains permanently magnetized after the current ceases. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In this church, also, is a monument to the doge Foscari, whose name a once resident of Venice, Lord Byron, has made permanently famous. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In the 4th infantry, in 1844, at least six line officers were on duty in the staff, and therefore permanently detached from the regiment. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Familiarity alone prevents our seeing how largely and how permanently the minds of our domestic animals have been modified. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- If the tube is connected to a small compression pump, sufficient air can be sent into the tube to cause the water to sink and to keep the tube permanently clear of water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Her mind misgave her that neither those plans nor any other could permanently restore her mental tranquillity. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The retina of the eye cannot be moved backward and forward, as the screen was, and the crystalline lens is permanently located directly back of the iris. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There was no population permanently there. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When permanently connected to the stove, sparks could be drawn from the stove by a piece of wire held in the hand. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- If a plague carried off the members of a society all at once, it is obvious that the group would be permanently done for. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- This method was based on the idea that there cannot be in the United States system a permanently subject people. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They must have been constantly remelted and recrystallized before any thickness of them became permanently solid. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I shall permanently invest nine thousand pounds, keep one thousand as ready money, and with the remaining thousand travel for a year or so. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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