Synonyms for chronically
chron·i·cal·ly

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1. chronically, inveterateadverb

   in a habitual and longstanding manner

   "smoking chronically"

   Synonyms:
   inveterate

   Antonyms:
   acutely

2. chronicallyadverb

   in a slowly developing and long lasting manner

   "chronically ill persons"

   Synonyms:
   inveterate

   Antonyms:
   acutely

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1. List of paraphrases for "chronically":

   chronic

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How to use chronically in a sentence?

1. Mark Krockenberger:

   Once they're chronically infected, they're often able to live reasonably happily, they just can't breed.

2. Steve Pavlina:

   If you aren’t chronically well-organized, punctual, and dependable, rest assured you’re competing with someone who is.

3. World Food Programme:

   In northern Ghana, 30 percent of children under five are stunted or chronically malnourished, this not only affects their growth but also their educational development and economic potential, and consequently the future of the country.

4. Parveen Garg:

   Vital exhaustion is associated with increased inflammation and increased activation of the body's physiologic stress response, when these two things are chronically activated that can have serious and damaging effects on the heart tissue, which could then eventually lead to the development of this arrhythmia.

5. Neda Gould:

   Anger is a form of stress, and so when we hold on to anger it is as though we are turning on the body's stress response, or fight or flight response, chronically. We know that turning on this response chronically leads to wear and tear on the body, it may not be surprising that when we engage in the act of forgiveness, we can begin to turn off the stress response and the physiological changes that accompany it.