Both Uses of
inveterate
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- She was an inveterate experimenter in these things.†
Chpt 12 *
- …"Melancholy"; "Filial Love"; "Heart Longings," etc., etc. A prevalent feature in these compositions was a nursed and petted melancholy; another was a wasteful and opulent gush of "fine language"; another was a tendency to lug in by the ears particularly prized words and phrases until they were worn entirely out; and a peculiarity that conspicuously marked and marred them was the inveterate and intolerable sermon that wagged its crippled tail at the end of each and every one of them.†
Chpt 21
Definition:
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(inveterate) habitual; or something of long standing