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- pronunciation:
- ihn
ve
t
riht
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
persisting in a habit, action, feeling, or the like.
She was an inveterate gossip and could never resist passing on whatever scuttlebutt she chanced to hear.- similar words:
- confirmed, habitual
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| definition 2: |
firmly established after continuing for some time, as a chronic illness.
- similar words:
- chronic
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| related words: |
congenital, inherent, longstanding, rigid |
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| derivations: |
inveterately (adv.), inveteracy (n.) |
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