perennially

American  

[puh-ren-ee-uh-lee] / pəˈrɛn i ə li /

adverb

1. perpetually, repeatedly, or continually; throughout the year or years.

   For our main dish I suggest salmon, which is perennially popular.

   Many rural dwellers are not located along perennially flowing river channels.

2. year after year, without needing to be replanted.

   Chives are a member of the onion (allium) family and grow perennially.

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Etymology

Origin of perennially

perennial ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Brown could have joined the chorus of critics of government “waste, fraud and abuse” — a perennially popular take for politicians — but he chose the opposite path.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Following his downfall, all subsequent presidents of Venezuela have been mired in corruption, most famously former President Carlos Andrés Pérez who perennially asked when negotiating public infrastructure projects: “Y cómo quedo yo?”

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

That’s left opportunities for outsize achievement for a government perennially hunting for propaganda victories and international prestige.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

It’s true: Other than “The Family Stone,” most Christmas movies are about dads, kids, perennially single, big city businesswomen who must return home to save the family ranch, or genderless Grinchfolk.

From Salon • Dec. 3, 2025

This is particularly so with dates just around the time that people first came to the Americas, which is one of the reasons the matter is so perennially in dispute.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson