What is another word for inveterately?

Pronunciation: [ɪnvˈɛtəɹˌe͡ɪtli] (IPA)

Inveterately is an adverb that describes a habit or behavior that is ingrained and difficult to change. Some synonyms for inveterately include stubbornly, persistently, chronically, ingrained, intractably, and relentlessly. These words can be used to describe someone who engages in a certain behavior despite attempts to change, or a situation that has become difficult to alter due to long-standing habits or practices. While inveterately often has a negative connotation, these synonyms offer a nuanced understanding of the depth and persistence inherent in certain habits or behaviors. Employing these words can help convey a sense of the intensity and longevity of a particular behavior or pattern.

What are the hypernyms for Inveterately?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Inveterately

Strange as it may seem to the inveterately domestic, I enjoy a little table of my own, with a paper or a book beside me and the utter absence of the "please pass the butter" or "I'll trouble you for the hash" of the boarding-house.
"A Top-Floor Idyl"
George van Schaick
He could no longer see Mrs. Pasmer harmless if trivial, and good-hearted if inveterately scheming; he could not see the dignity and refinement which he had believed in Mr. Pasmer; they had both suffered a sort of shrinkage or collapse, from which he could not rehabilitate them.
"April Hopes"
William Dean Howells Last Updated: February 27, 2009
The points seemed irreconcilable to those who were not in the habit of taking human nature into their calculations of a possible course of conduct; even Wilfrid, though he was aware that Barto Rizzo hated Vittoria inveterately, imagined Sarpo's first lie to have necessarily fathered a second.
"Vittoria, v8"
George Meredith

Famous quotes with Inveterately

  • Is a preface exquisitely written? No literary morsel is more delicious. Is the author inveterately dull? It is a kind of preparatory information, which may be very useful. It argues a deficiency of taste to turn over an elaborate preface unread: for it is the attar of the author?s roses, every drop distilled at an immense cost. It is the reason of the reasoning, and the folly of the foolish.
    Isaac D?Israeli
  • Nietzsche was an inveterately religious thinker, whose incessant attacks on Christian beliefs and values attest to the fact that he could never shake them off.
    John Gray (philosopher)

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