habitually

[huh-bich-oo-uh-lee]

adverb

1. as a habit, or an established way of being or acting; routinely or regularly.

   Students who are habitually late will do a reflective writing exercise so we can get to the root of the problem.

Other Word Forms

• nonhabitually adverb
• quasi-habitually adverb
• unhabitually adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of habitually¹

habitual ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

It is, in a modest and practical way, an expression of the biblical injunction to honor one’s parents—not by grand gestures, but by assuming a few of the small responsibilities they habitually postpone.

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Men wearing three lions have habitually been lambs to the slaughter at the Gabbatoir.

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It’s ceding control in a way that I have habitually worked against.

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The Argentine author, whose writing habitually draws on the uncanny, here delivers a blend of superstition, dread and a leitmotif of mental instability in a register of acute psychological realism.

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When Moore first entered the industry in the mid-2000s, he said his mentors habitually kept trade secrets.

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Related Words

• commonly 
• customarily www.thesaurus.com