wonted
adjective
accustomed; habituated; used.
wontedness
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a word derived from
wonted.
Example Sentences
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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
Then the two beasts settled themselves to their places with a wontedness that assured Thryng they would be perfectly manageable under her hand.
From The Mountain Girl by Payne Erskine
With the lady's departure an air of wontedness seemed to repossess the room, and the two people who were left.
From The Path of a Star by Sara Jeannette Duncan
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
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
