adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In a chronic manner; inveterately.

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1854.  H. Miller, Sch. & Schm. (1858), 8. Health chronically delicate.

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1879.  H. Spencer, Data Ethics, vi. 86. Each savage tribe, chronically hostile to neighboring tribes.

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1884.  Sat. Rev., 2 Feb., 145. To replenish a chronically empty purse.

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