chronically

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chron·ic

 (krŏn′ĭk)
adj.
1. Of long duration; continuing: chronic money problems.
2. Lasting for a long period of time or marked by frequent recurrence, as certain diseases: chronic colitis.
3. Subject to a habit or pattern of behavior for a long time: a chronic liar.

[French chronique, from Latin chronicus, from Greek khronikos, of time, from khronos, time.]

chron′i·cal·ly adv.
chro·nic′i·ty (krŏ-nĭs′ĭ-tē) n.
Synonyms: chronic, confirmed, habitual, inveterate
These adjectives describe people who have a longtime habit, behavior, or tendency: a chronic complainer; a confirmed alcoholic; a habitual cheat; an inveterate smoker.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.chronically - in a habitual and longstanding manner; "smoking chronically"
2.chronically - in a slowly developing and long lasting manner; "chronically ill persons"
acutely - having a rapid onset; "an acutely debilitating virus"
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Translations
بصورة مُزْمِنَه
chronicky
kronisktvedvarende
chronisch
chroniquement
krónikusan
òrálátlega, varanlega
cronicamente
chronicky
kronik bir şekildesüregelen
慢性地长期地

chronically

[ˈkrɒnɪkəlɪ] ADV to be chronically sicksufrir una enfermedad crónica
beer is chronically scarcehay una escasez permanente de cerveza
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

chronically

[ˈkrɒnɪkli] adv
(= for a long time) to be chronically ill → souffrir de maladie chronique
to be chronically depressed → souffrir de dépression chronique
(= terribly) [underfunded, understaffed] → terriblement
(= constantly) [late, tired] → constammentchronic fatigue syndrome n (= ME) → syndrome m de fatigue chronique
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

chronically

adv ill, depressed, underfunded, overcrowdedchronisch
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

chronically

[ˈkrɒnɪklɪ] advin modo cronico, cronicamente
he is chronically sick → è un malato cronico
a hospital that is chronically short of finance → un ospedale affetto da una cronica mancanza di fondi
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

chronic

(ˈkronik) adjective
(especially of a disease) lasting a long time. a chronic illness.
ˈchronically adverb
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

chronically

adv crónicamente
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Silent, slow, and solemn; bowing over still further his chronically broken back, he toiled away, as if toil were life itself, and the heavy beating of his hammer the heavy beating of his heart.
'Ye've smoked as many as five since ye come in at midnight,' the woman goes on, as she chronically complains.
As the lad stood in a dubious attitude, Durbeyfield put his hand in his pocket, and produced a shilling, one of the chronically few that he possessed.
Apart from the personal discomfort of being so attended, and apart from such considerations of present danger as arose from one of the patriots being chronically drunk, and carrying his musket very recklessly, Charles Darnay did not allow the restraint that was laid upon him to awaken any serious fears in his breast; for, he reasoned with himself that it could have no reference to the merits of an individual case that was not yet stated, and of representations, confirmable by the prisoner in the Abbaye, that were not yet made.
They both had weak eyes, which I had long attributed to their chronically looking in at keyholes, and they were always at hand when not wanted; indeed that was their only reliable quality besides larceny.
All persons chronically diseased are egotists, whether the disease be of the mind or body; whether it be sin, sorrow, or merely the more tolerable calamity of some endless pain, or mischief among the cords of mortal life.
Nioche meditated: there was an inconsistency in his position; it made him chronically uncomfortable.
The joint research group has observed how an intake of tomato juice affects senescence-accelerated mice (SAMs) that are chronically exposed to cigarette smoke by measuring mean linear intercepts (MLI) and destructive index (DI).
The chronically under-funded HR department needs E-Learning Solutions On A Shoestring: Help For The Chronically Underfunded Trainer: its focus is how to incorporate e-learning into a company at minimal cost, and provides chapters on products, incorporation tools, and workplace strategies.
Commenting on these findings, analysts suggest that women who are sexually abused by a date may have "singular incidents outside of relationships" that lead them to seek testing, whereas those experiencing only physical violence may be "chronically exposed to coercive sex" that they do not perceive as abusive.
"Pulling force" pain between two toes in the ball of the foot is typically associated with a chronically inflamed joint, aka capsulitis.
YANGON, Myanmar -- A third of young children in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, are chronically malnourished, and large numbers receive little or no education, the United Nations' World Food Program executive director James Morris has said.
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