英和和英

副詞

inveterately (comparative more inveterately, superlative most inveterately)

1. For a long time.
   • 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 107:

     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:

     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.