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forever

/fəˈɹɛvɚ/ adverb A2
  1. For all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime; for an infinite amount of time. · I shall love you forever.
  2. For a very long time, a seeming eternity. (colloquial) · We had to wait forever to get inside.· That was forever ago.
  3. Constantly or frequently. · You are forever nagging me.
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“And I should have lived a coward forever,” declared the Lion, “and no beast in all the forest would have had a good word to say to me.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 143 · B2
I am fond of the Winkies, and if I could get back again to the Country of the West, I should like nothing better than to rule over them forever.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 141 · B2
“Dear mother,” interposed Renée, “you know very well it was agreed that all these disagreeable reminiscences should forever be laid aside.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 45 · C1
“Will you swear to be my friend forever and ever?” demanded Anne eagerly.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 84 · C1

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