Results for habitual

Definitions of habitual:

part of speech: adjective

Formed or acquired by habit or frequent use: customary.

part of speech: adjective

Formed or acquired by habit; customary; usual.

part of speech: adjective

Formed or acquired by use; customary; of long standing; as, an habitual drinker.

Usage examples for habitual:

• " See here, Hewson," St. John said, with his habitual lack of manners. "Questionable Shapes", William Dean Howells

• Only the arrival of a South American fresh from the Republic of Moccador, with a spade designed to dig up a long- buried treasure could have robbed Mawkum of his habitual caution of always guarding plans and estimates from outsiders- a custom which was really one of the fundamental laws of the office. "The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women", F. Hopkinson Smith

• Can any one suppose that, in such a condition of political society, the habitual temper of mind in Europe would not be profoundly changed? "The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy", Theodore Lothrop Stoddard

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