wonted
accustomed; habituated; used.
customary, habitual, or usual: He took his wonted place in the library.
Origin of wonted
1Other words for wonted
Other words from wonted
- wont·ed·ly, adverb
- wont·ed·ness, noun
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How to use wonted in a sentence
With the lady's departure an air of wontedness seemed to repossess the room, and the two people who were left.
The Path of a Star | Mrs. Everard Cotes (AKA Sara Jeannette Duncan)That familiar odor of home and the wontedness of life made her isolation on her little atom of the unusual more pitiful.
The Portion of Labor | Mary E. Wilkins FreemanWith the lady's departure an air of wontedness seemed to repossess the room and the two people who were left.
Hilda | Sarah Jeanette Duncan
British Dictionary definitions for wonted
/ (ˈwəʊntɪd) /
(postpositive) accustomed or habituated (to doing something)
(prenominal) customary; usual: she is in her wonted place
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