habitual

habitual (həˈbɪtjʊəl)

—*adj*
1.	(usually prenominal) done or experienced regularly and repeatedly: the habitual Sunday walk
2.	(usually prenominal) by habit: a habitual drinker
3.	customary; usual: his habitual comment

ha'bitually

—*adv*

ha'bitualness

—n

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Example sentences

Another dropped hint was a reduction in my contractual course load this year,

from the habitual three courses a semester to two.

It is the user that determines the matter, and particularly the user's habitual

way of thinking.

It became habitual to simply go out into the street to talk about anything,

even matters of little importance.

Some observers decry the inanity of the site's top stories, and even habitual

users admit that the comments are mostly puerile.

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"A child who fears excessive retaliation for even minor offenses will learn very early on that to lie is to protect himself.... If your child intuits that you will react very punitively to his wrongdoing, he may be tempted to lie and may become, as time goes on, a habitual liar."

-Lawrence Balter