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habitual

[huh-bich-oo-uhl]

adjective

of the nature of a habit; fixed by or resulting from habit: habitual courtesy.

being such by habit: a habitual gossip.

commonly used, followed, observed, etc., as by a particular person; customary: She took her habitual place at the table.

Origin:
1520–30; < Medieval Latin habituālis relating to dress, condition, or habit, equivalent to Latin habitu(s) habit¹ + -ālis -al¹

Related forms

ha·bit·u·al·ly, adverb

ha·bit·u·al·ness, noun

non·ha·bit·u·al, adjective

non·ha·bit·u·al·ly, adverb

non·ha·bit·u·al·ness, noun

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qua·si-ha·bit·u·al, adjective

qua·si-ha·bit·u·al·ly, adverb

un·ha·bit·u·al, adjective

un·ha·bit·u·al·ly, adverb

COLLAPSE

Synonyms
2. confirmed, inveterate. 3. accustomed, regular. See usual.

Antonyms
2. occasional. 3. unaccustomed.

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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Example Sentences

The plaintiff charges his wife with habitual intoxication.

Habitual tardiness will be treated in the same manner as unexcused absences"E.

Half the states have laws that lock up habitual offenders for life.

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The plaintiff charges his wife with habitual intoxication.

Habitual tardiness will be treated in the same manner as unexcused absences"E.

Half the states have laws that lock up habitual offenders for life.

Previous studies have shown that habitual nappers tend to be light sleepers.

Mostly, a hell phone lubricates habitual links to a small circle of people you already know.

The effect of habitual opium taking on health and longevity, has been a subject of legal consideration.

But it is true that, within a single-currency zone, habitual surplus countries tend to be matched by habitual deficit ones.

The result is a feeling familiar to habitual travelers: not quite here, not quite home.

Jehovah's witnesses and habitual criminals among them.

He was met by three public-spirited young men, who at a glance recognized him as an habitual and reckless accordion player.

Growth hormones decline in rats deprived of their mothers' habitual licking.

It is rare for technology alone to pull someone out of the cycle of habitual homelessness.

However, for habitual users, the alternatives are more promising.

As a result, a digital point-and-shoot camera can become your habitual companion on all your adventures.

Most buyers so far have been habitual early-adopters of new gadgets.

Yet there is a real and urgent need for technologies that can keep habitual drunks off the road.

At other times, the question seemed more reflective, as though a habitual vandal had experienced a moment of self-doubt.

Unless, this is habitual and he's used to being set-up with whatever he asks for.

American bank supervisors will have to overcome their habitual reluctance to challenge authority and share information.

It might help to put the scare into those who made a one-time lapse in judgement versus being habitual cheaters.

Social scientists have learned that there is power in tying certain behaviors to habitual cues through relentless advertising.

Get that right and you can kick back and watch the habitual centrists do the rest.

They concluded that the fugitives were habitual users of hallucinogenic drugs, ranging from marijuana to peyote to crystal meth.

Many cases of defective vision are caused by the habitual use of coffee.

It sets a thing apart as something regarded with a modest, habitual affection.

Rengers was dismissed because of sloppy work and habitual tardiness.

Hollywood's dealings with the consumer-gadget companies also betray its habitual caution.

Rudensky's life was divided roughly in half: until his mid-40's he was a habitual criminal.

Habitual allegiance to kings and aristocrats was no condition for a free person.

But because of its habitual use of brutal and underhand methods to enforce its writ over the country.

Some even come close to accusing habitual ad skippers of theft.

Evans measured the hearing damage resulting from habitual exposure to loudness levels normally heard at rock.

The authors acknowledge that the studies were short and that results may not apply to habitual use.

And confidence breeds an attachment that can become habitual.

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World English Dictionary

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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