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Habitual   /həbˈɪtʃuəl/   Listen
adjective
Habitual  adj.  
1.
Formed or acquired by habit or use. "An habitual knowledge of certain rules and maxims."
2.
According to habit; established by habit; customary; constant; as, the habitual practice of sin. "It is the distinguishing mark of habitual piety to be grateful for the most common and ordinary blessings."
Synonyms: Customary; accustomed; usual; common; wonted; ordinary; regular; familiar.






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... that charming expression which was habitual to her, and pressing her companion's arm, said: "Thank the ...
— Louise de la Valliere • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... Democratic parties, and later by the Republican party. The classification cannot be made exact, but the word "Abolitionists" generally designated the men and women to whom the extinction of slavery was a primary interest, and who gave to it their habitual and earnest attention, through the anti-slavery societies and otherwise. In this broader sense, the Abolitionists were a notable company. They were bound together by a disinterested and noble sentiment, and by sacrifices to ...
— The Negro and the Nation - A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement • George S. Merriam

... varieties. It may be defined, generally, as that state of mind which involves either the denial or the doubt of the existence and government of God as an all-perfect Being, distinct from the created universe; or which leads to the habitual forgetfulness and wilful neglect of His claims as our Creator, Preserver, and Lord. This state of mind, whether evinced by words or by actions, contains in it the essence of Atheism, and it is recognized in Scripture, in each of its two aspects, as an evil ...
— Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws • James Buchanan

... a little way back along the street from the Sanctuary to the corner on the Bowery where as Jimmie Dale he had left her, where as Larry the Bat now he was going to meet her again; it would take only a moment or so, even at Larry the Bat's habitual, characteristic, slouching, gait—but it seemed that was all too slow, that he must throw discretion to the winds and run the distance. His blood was tingling; there was elation upon him, coupled with an almost childlike dread ...
— The Adventures of Jimmie Dale • Frank L. Packard

... testimony concerning habit, they will help us to more just interpretations and will reduce the number of crass contradictions. This is so because many an assertion will seem probable when the witness shows that the thing described was habitual. No definite boundary can be drawn between skill and habit, and we may, perhaps, say rightly, that skill is possible only where habit exists, and habit is present where a certain amount of skill has been attained. ...
— Robin Hood • J. Walker McSpadden


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