Both Uses of
chronic
in
Great Expectations
- I lived in a state of chronic uneasiness respecting my behavior to Joe.†
Chpt 34 *
- They both had weak eyes, which I had long attributed to their chronically looking in at keyholes, and they were always at hand when not wanted; indeed that was their only reliable quality besides larceny.†
Chpt 40
Definition:
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(chronic) of something bad: long-lasting or happening all the time -- especially of disease