All 3 Uses of
chronic
in
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- As the lad stood in a dubious attitude, Durbeyfield put his hand in his pocket, and produced a shilling, one of the chronically few that he possessed.†
Chpt 1 *
- Considering his position he became wonderfully free from the chronic melancholy which is taking hold of the civilized races with the decline of belief in a beneficent Power.†
Chpt 3
- Marian's full face could not blush past its chronic pinkness.†
Chpt 3
Definitions:
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(1)
(chronic) of something bad: lasting a long time or happening repeatedly -- especially in relation to illness
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, Chronics is a proper noun referring to an Italian pop and punk band.