indefinitely
Britishadverb
Explanation
Use the adverb indefinitely to describe something that happens for an unlimited amount of time or to an unlimited extent. Kittens could bat around a ball of string indefinitely. When your cousin postpones her wedding indefinitely after her fiancé’s “business trip” to Las Vegas, you probably want to hold off on buying a gift. They may work things out, but sometimes people intend indefinitely to be synonymous with forever. Like, “We can’t keep fighting over that weekend I spent in Las Vegas indefinitely…”
Vocabulary lists containing indefinitely
Holes
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Example Sentences
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Since there are an indefinitely large number of buy-the-dip strategies, it’s possible that one of them might have fared much better than the version Finomial analyzed.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026
But they must be used indefinitely, he said, stressing that “not everything works for everybody.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
In the best-case scenario, he may “parole” you into the country as an “arriving alien”—forcing you into a legal limbo that makes you far more vulnerable to deportation and could stretch on indefinitely.
From Slate • Jun. 23, 2026
“Consumption can’t outgrow income indefinitely, especially when the savings rate is already at rock-bottom level.”
From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026
Though he later denied it, Fitzsimmons evidently suspended his no-whip rule indefinitely with Seabiscuit.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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