Habitual Definition

hə-bĭcho͝o-əl
adjective
Formed or acquired by continual use; done by habit or fixed as a habit; customary.
Webster's New World
Being or doing a certain thing by habit; steady; inveterate.
A habitual smoker.
Webster's New World
Much seen, done, or used; usual; frequent.
Webster's New World
Established by long use; usual.
My habitual place.
American Heritage
Designating an action or state that lasts for or is repeated over an extended duration, expressed in English by such means as the simple present tense ( She works downtown ) and the phrase used to ( A factory used to be located at that intersection ).
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Habitual Sentence Examples

  • Habitual crime is thus to be treated as a disease.

  • Anna Pavlovna arranged the different groups in her drawing room with her habitual skill.

  • I can only say in reply, "This is due to habitual imitation and practice! practice! practice!"

  • Yet this eminent, this superior personage was an habitual drunkard, an uncouth savage who intruded upon the hospitality of wealthy foreigners, and was not ashamed to seize upon any dish he took a fancy to, and send it home to his wife.

  • The papyri show us habitual marriage of Greeks and native women and a frequent adoption by natives of Greek names.

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Words Starting With

HHAHAB

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