All 4 Uses of
chronic
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- During the twelvemonth preceding this time he had been enabled by sustained efforts of industry and chronic good spirits to lease the small sheep-farm of which Norcombe Hill was a portion, and stock it with two hundred sheep.†
Chpt 1-3 *
- To the shepherd, the note of the sheep-bell, like the ticking of the clock to other people, is a chronic sound that only makes itself noticed by ceasing or altering in some unusual manner from the well-known idle twinkle which signifies to the accustomed ear, however distant, that all is well in the fold.†
Chpt 4-6
- There burnt upon her face when she met the light of the candles the flush and excitement which were little less than chronic with her now.†
Chpt 28-30
- Bathsheba went home, her mind occupied with a new trouble, which being rather harassing than deadly was calculated to do good by diverting her from the chronic gloom of her life.†
Chpt 55-57
Definition:
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(chronic) of something bad: long-lasting or happening all the time -- especially of disease