inveterately

English

Etymology

From inveterate +‎ -ly.

Adverb

inveterately (comparative more inveterately, superlative most inveterately)

  1. For a long time.
    • 1886, Robert Louis Stevensony, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde:
      In this case, I was driven to reflect deeply and inveterately on that hard law of life, which lies at the root of religion and is one of the most plentiful springs of distress.
    • 2007 July 13, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      The result was a succès de scandale that touched a raw feminist nerve, threw inveterately sleazy art-world politics into relief, and caused permanent editorial rifts at Artforum itself.
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