| chronic /kronnik/ adj. 1 persisting for a long time (usu. of an illness or a personal or social problem). 2 having a chronic complaint. 3 colloq. disp. habitual, inveterate (a chronic liar). 4 Brit. colloq. very bad; intense, severe. chronically adv. chronicty /kronissiti/ n. [F chronique f. L chronicus (in LL of disease) f. Gk khronikus f. khronos time] |
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