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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.

Words related to habitual

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

Words nearby habitual

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

Origin of habitual

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

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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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