wonted

[ wawn-tid, wohn-, wuhn- ]
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adjective
  1. accustomed; habituated; used.

  2. customary, habitual, or usual: He took his wonted place in the library.

Origin of wonted

1
1375–1425; wont (noun) + -ed3, or by extension (see -ed2) of wont (past participle; see wont (adj.))

Other 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 Freeman
  • With 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

wonted

/ (ˈwəʊntɪd) /


adjective
  1. (postpositive) accustomed or habituated (to doing something)

  2. (prenominal) customary; usual: she is in her wonted place

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