habitual

[ huh-bich-oo-uhl ]
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adjective
  1. of the nature of a habit; fixed by or resulting from habit: habitual courtesy.

  2. (of a person) having developed a specified character through force of habit: a habitual gossip.

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

Origin of habitual

1
First recorded in 1520–30; from Medieval Latin habituālis “relating to dress, condition, or habit,” equivalent to Latin habitu(s) habit1 + -ālis -al1

synonym study For habitual

3. See usual.

Other words for habitual

Opposites for habitual

Other words from habitual

  • ha·bit·u·al·ly, adverb
  • ha·bit·u·al·ness, noun
  • non·ha·bit·u·al, adjective
  • non·ha·bit·u·al·ness, noun
  • qua·si-ha·bit·u·al, adjective
  • un·ha·bit·u·al, adjective

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How to use habitual in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for habitual

habitual

/ (həˈbɪtjʊəl) /


adjective
  1. (usually prenominal) done or experienced regularly and repeatedly: the habitual Sunday walk

  2. (usually prenominal) by habit: a habitual drinker

  1. customary; usual: his habitual comment

Derived forms of habitual

  • habitually, adverb
  • habitualness, noun

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