1usually as submodifier(in relation to illness) in a persistent and recurring way.
families dealing with a chronically ill child
Example sentencesExamples
He is in stable condition after throat surgery and a battle to halt the spread of an inflammation in his chronically ill lungs.
We already face the argument of the withdrawal of medical support to the chronically handicapped and the aged.
He was diagnosed by Lacan as chronically and incurably insane.
I'm optimistic that I can retrain my chronically contracted muscles and be able to work, run, and have freedom of movement.
They observed chronically infected individuals untreated with anti-retrovirals.
Patients with idiopathic central sleep apnea will hyperventilate chronically, both awake and asleep.
Chronically impaired production of vasodilators affects vascular tone.
There were mounting medical bills for his wife, who was chronically sick.
Blood pressure can notoriously come on and present itself when persons have strokes or heart attacks as a result of a chronically raised pressure.
It's important to know which conditions can mimic psychotic illness but should be treated differently, both acutely and chronically.
1.1In a long-lasting or habitual and problematic way.
the office is chronically understaffed
a mission to create jobs for the chronically unemployed
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Evidence suggests that youth who are chronically exposed to community violence can become desensitized to its effects.
Her work drew upon her own stifling upbringing and unhappy marriage to a chronically unfaithful husband.
These chronically bullied children represent an important target group for empirical inquiry and clinical intervention.
A divided union movement created chronically unstable labor relations, to which ship owners responded by making generous concessions.
Community development forums have emerged as a potentially more effective alternative to chronically disappointing government-directed efforts to foster growth.
The law enables companies with chronically underfunded plans to receive an implicit subsidy from companies with sound plans.
Treaty obligations that restrain capitalist development are chronically ignored.
Broad swathes of the country's industrial heartland are now chronically short of electricity.
Some were almost chronically dissatisfied with themselves—however, this was not a sign of personal ambition for fame.
We continue to observe pockets of defaults in either chronically or newly ailing industrial sectors.
1.2British informal To a very great extent; extremely.
chronically stupid drivers
she was chronically indecisive
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One application has been the teaching of good spelling to adults with a long history of being chronically poor spellers.
On March 18, the Allies suffered a chronically embarrassing naval disaster.
Most of these "Pulp Fiction" retreads are made by chronically uncool asshats who want to make up for all the wedgies they got in high school.
Don't fall into the trap of blindly defending the budget simply because left-wingers are chronically idiotic about this.
Being chronically food-aware has warped us to a greater or lesser extent (can anyone have a totally guilt-free helping of tiramisu?).
Of all the women, the most interesting is the chronically grouchy Cristina, "an aggressive little witch," as one patient calls her.
He considers these people the "chronically clueless"—so uniquely stupid, in fact, that science may benefit by studying their brains.
When she gives the chronically spacey Shaun the boot, he indulges in a booze fest at the local pub with his best friend.
All of the villagers are chronically dim-witted, including the girl he falls in love with.
The main storylines follow his turbulent, and pathetic, attempts to escape from his chronically insipid persona.
Definition of chronically in US English:
chronically
adverbˈkrɑnɪkliˈkräniklē
1usually as submodifier(in relation to illness) in a persistent and recurring way.
families dealing with a chronically ill child
Example sentencesExamples
They observed chronically infected individuals untreated with anti-retrovirals.
Patients with idiopathic central sleep apnea will hyperventilate chronically, both awake and asleep.
He is in stable condition after throat surgery and a battle to halt the spread of an inflammation in his chronically ill lungs.
I'm optimistic that I can retrain my chronically contracted muscles and be able to work, run, and have freedom of movement.
It's important to know which conditions can mimic psychotic illness but should be treated differently, both acutely and chronically.
Chronically impaired production of vasodilators affects vascular tone.
We already face the argument of the withdrawal of medical support to the chronically handicapped and the aged.
He was diagnosed by Lacan as chronically and incurably insane.
Blood pressure can notoriously come on and present itself when persons have strokes or heart attacks as a result of a chronically raised pressure.
There were mounting medical bills for his wife, who was chronically sick.
1.1In a long-lasting or habitual and problematic way.
the office is chronically understaffed
a mission to create jobs for the chronically unemployed
Example sentencesExamples
These chronically bullied children represent an important target group for empirical inquiry and clinical intervention.
Some were almost chronically dissatisfied with themselves—however, this was not a sign of personal ambition for fame.
Her work drew upon her own stifling upbringing and unhappy marriage to a chronically unfaithful husband.
We continue to observe pockets of defaults in either chronically or newly ailing industrial sectors.
A divided union movement created chronically unstable labor relations, to which ship owners responded by making generous concessions.
Broad swathes of the country's industrial heartland are now chronically short of electricity.
Treaty obligations that restrain capitalist development are chronically ignored.
Community development forums have emerged as a potentially more effective alternative to chronically disappointing government-directed efforts to foster growth.
The law enables companies with chronically underfunded plans to receive an implicit subsidy from companies with sound plans.
Evidence suggests that youth who are chronically exposed to community violence can become desensitized to its effects.