EVERLASTINGLY

everlastingly, eternally, forever, evermore

(adverb) for a limitless time; “no one can live forever”; “brightly beams our Father’s mercy from his lighthouse evermore”- P.P.Bliss

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adverb

everlastingly (comparative more everlastingly, superlative most everlastingly)

In an everlasting manner; without end; forever.

perpetually; constantly

Synonyms

• (in an everlasting manner): ever, forevermore, until hell freezes over; see also forever

• (perpetually; constantly): ceaselessly, incessantly, nonstop; see also continuously

Source: Wiktionary

Ev`er*last"ing*ly, adv.

Definition: In an everlasting manner.

EVERLASTING

Ever*last"ing a.

1. Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing without end; immoral; eternal. "The Everlasting God." Gen. xx1. 33.

2. Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period; perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong intensive; as, this everlasting nonsence. I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee . . . the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. Gen xvii. 8. And heard thy everlasting yawn confess The pains and penalties of idleness. Pope.

Syn.

– Eternal; immortal, interminable; endless; never-ending; infinite; unceasing; uninterrupted; continual; unintermitted; incessant. - Everlasting, Eternal. Eternal denotes (when taken strictly) without beginning or end of duration; everlasting is sometimes used in our version of the Scriptures in the sense of eternal, but in modern usage is confined to the future, and implies no intermission as well as no end. Whether we shall meet again I know not; Therefore our everlasting farewell take; Forever, and forever farewell, Cassius. Shak. Everlasting flower. Sane as Everlasting, n., 3.

– Everlasting pea, an ornamental plant (Lathyrus latifolius) related to the pea; -- so called because it is perennial.

Ev`er*last"ing, n.

1. Eternal duration, past of future; eternity. From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Ps. xc. 2.

2. (With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God.

3. (Bot.)

Definition: A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form or color, as the pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), the immortelle of the French, the cudweeds, etc.

4. A cloth fabic for shoes, etc. See Lasting.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition