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inˈveterately, adv. [f. inveterate a. + -ly2.] In an inveterate manner; in a manner confirmed by long existence or practice; to a degree firmly fixed or ingrained; virulently.
1645Milton Tetrach. Wks. (1847) 188/2 How he could endure to let them slug and grow inveterately wicked. 1700Congreve Way of World ii. i, Mrs. Marw. You hate mankind? Mrs. Fain. Heartily, inveterately. 1705Cibber Careless Husb. v. 64 Sir Charles has shewn himself so inveterately my Enemy. 1858Froude Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 4 But a slight check upon habits inveterately lawless. |