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chronically
[ kron-ik-lee ]
adverb
- happening constantly or habitually:
Nationally, millions of students are chronically absent every year.
- happening or recurring over an extended period of time (opposed to acutely ):
Monitoring is especially helpful for chronically ill patients wishing to avoid costly hospital stays.
Close to 900 million people worldwide are chronically undernourished.
Other Word Forms
- ԴDz·Dz··· adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chronically1
Example Sentences
So naked mole rats are chronically oxygen-deprived, but in the lab researchers have confirmed that they can survive for a little while with no oxygen at all.
He said the Met was "chronically underfunded" and cuts to policing in London were the real-term equivalent to more than £1.1bn.
Some remain wary of anything that might be seen as militarism even now, and the armed forces have been chronically underfunded.
It turns the human brain into a reptilian one and activates the sympathetic nervous system, putting us into fight-or-flight mode — the same one we can get stuck in when we’re chronically lonely.
The question this time is whether these are growing pains of a rapidly expanding and professionalising outfit or something more chronically limiting.
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