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inveterately

adv

Etymology

From inveterate + -ly.

  1. borrowed from inveterātus
  2. suffixed as inveterately — “inveterate + ly”

Definitions

  1. For a long time.

    • In this case, I was driven to reflect deeply and inveterately on that hard law of life, which lies at the root of religion and is one of the most plentiful springs of distress.
    • The result was a succès de scandale that touched a raw feminist nerve, threw inveterately sleazy art-world politics into relief, and caused permanent editorial rifts at Artforum itself.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA