wonted
adjective
accustomed; habituated; used.
wontedly
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a word derived from
wonted.
Example Sentences
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Thus it was that Bruce missed his wontedly uproarious welcome as he cantered, at sunset one July day, into a smashed farmstead where his friends, the "Here-We-Comes," were bivouacked for the night.
From Bruce by Albert Payson Terhune
Cottle addressed to him a letter of not very delicate remonstrance on the subject, to which Coleridge replied in his wontedly humble strain.
From English Men of Letters: Coleridge by H. D. (Henry Duff) Traill
Very soon there occurred an accident, not uncommon in unfortunate marriages, but which for special reasons was, in the family of Tiberius, far more than wontedly dangerous.
From Characters and events of Roman History by Frances Lance Ferrero
It took not a moment to see the inspector was more than wontedly excited.
From Christopher and the Clockmakers by William F. (William Frederick) Stecher
It was incredible that the wontedly dignified and sweet-tempered collie had thus returned a greeting.
From Bruce by Albert Payson Terhune
