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

Though not well known and perennially underenforced, this clause provides an important hook for congressional action to safeguard an inclusive, multiracial democracy.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

Refineries thus perennially run into the so-called “blend wall,” which is the amount of ethanol that can realistically be blended into the fuel supply.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Chicken, however, is omnipresent — the quiet overachiever of the protein world, endlessly adaptable and perennially in demand.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 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

They were inside, here and now—safely inside with the fine weather, the perennially blue sky.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley