wonted
adjective
accustomed; habituated; used.
wontedness
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a word derived from
wonted.
Example Sentences
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That familiar odor of home and the wontedness of life made her isolation on her little atom of the unusual more pitiful.
From The Portion of Labor by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman
Dick’s imagination in the meantime was far less capable of drawing so much wontedness from his new condition.
From Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school by Thomas Hardy
With the lady's departure an air of wontedness seemed to repossess the room and the two people who were left.
From Hilda A Story of Calcutta by Sara Jeannette Duncan
It is supposed she will take the initiative in these particulars; and too, that the fact that the two exchange visits warrants a certain wontedness of habit.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Thomas Jefferson Ritter
At home we keep constantly in mind the great importance of inculcating in them a love of books and a wontedness in their use.
From The American Child by Elizabeth McCracken
