chronicallyadv.
/ˈkrɒnɪkəli/ In a chronic manner; inveterately.
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the world > time > duration > [adverb] > for a long time
longeOE
longOE
longlyOE
longsomelyOE
yorec1275
lastingly1372
longsa1450
for longa1530
in length1566
with the longest1636
stayingly1648
eternally1664
sometime1801
chronically1854
forever1861
somewhile1864
for the duration1916
long-term1947
secularly1971
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adverb]
groundlya1225
hardlyc1225
steevely1340
immovably1435
fixedly1605
certainlya1616
inveterately1645
incontrollably1646
rockily1846
chronically1854
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adverb] > in a manner confirmed by long practice
inveterately1645
chronically1854
engrainedly1869
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adverb] > chronically
chronically1854
1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 8 Health chronically delicate.
1879 H. Spencer Data of Ethics vi. 86 Each savage tribe, chronically hostile to neighboring tribes.
1884 Sat. Rev. 2 Feb. 145 To replenish a chronically empty purse.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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