Exactly
Exactly adverb - As stated or indicated without the slightest difference.
Perpetually and exactly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Perpetually" instead an adverb "Exactly".
Perpetually
Perpetually adverb - For all time.
Exactly and perpetually are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Exactly" instead an adverb "Perpetually".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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In Jack Vance's Dying Earth series, the character Iucounu the "Laughing Magician" perpetually supports one of these providing a clue that his sense of humor is not exactly benevolent.
Source: Slasher Smile -
Not exactly night, but the sun does go into hiding, and the weather is perpetually gray, rainy and miserable, resulting in dangerous flooding and other nastiness.
Source: The Night That Never Ends - Takuma and Kazuma from Gakuen Babysitters look exactly alike, though they are easy to tell apart once one looks at their faces and judge their temperament; Takuma is perpetually cheerful and Kazuma is perpetually tearful.
Source: Always Identical Twins
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