> In a way that continues or has continued for a long time.
Merriam-Webster offers the following two:
> continuing or occurring again and again for a long time
> always present or encountered
For"chronically" to mean "extremely" wouldn't make sense as to the root of the word, either.
> to a very great extent; extremely: chronically stupid drivers, she was chronically indecisive.
Whether it makes sense or not, the dictionary agrees with both options.
In the same vein as this debate, OED considers irregardless to be a proper synonym for regardless.
It drives me bonkers. I'm cool with neologisms if they add value -- but a 400-year old[1] neologism that's merely a longer way to say something we already have a word for is still too young for me to consider valid.
[1] https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2020/01/disoriented-disor...