habitual

[ huh-bich-oo-uhl ]
/ həˈbɪtʃ u əl /
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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.

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Origin of habitual

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

OTHER WORDS FROM habitual

Words nearby habitual

habitancy, habitant, habitat, habitation, habited, habitual, habitual abortion, habituate, habituation, habitude, habitus
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Words related to habitual

perpetual, inveterate, chronic, repeated, addicted, hardened, accepted, accustomed, automatic, common, confirmed, constant, continual, conventional, customary, familiar, fixed, frequent, ingrained, mechanical

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British Dictionary definitions for habitual

habitual
/ (həˈbɪtjʊəl) /

adjective

(usually prenominal) done or experienced regularly and repeatedlythe habitual Sunday walk
(usually prenominal) by habita habitual drinker
customary; usualhis habitual comment

Derived forms of habitual

habitually, adverbhabitualness, noun
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