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[ huh-bich-oo-uhl ] / həˈbɪtʃ u əl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR habitual ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof the nature of a habit; fixed by or resulting from habit: habitual courtesy. being such by habit: a habitual gossip. commonly used, followed, observed, etc., as by a particular person; customary:She took her habitual place at the table. Origin of habitualFirst recorded in 1520–30; from Medieval Latin habituālis “relating to dress, condition, or habit,” equivalent to Latin habitu(s)habit1 + -ālis-al1 SYNONYMS FOR habitual2 confirmed, inveterate. 3 accustomed, regular. SEE SYNONYMS FOR habitual ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR habitual2 occasional. 3 unaccustomed. SEE ANTONYMS FOR habitual ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for habitual3. See usual. OTHER WORDS FROM habitualha·bit·u·al·ly, adverbha·bit·u·al·ness, nounnon·ha·bit·u·al, adjectivenon·ha·bit·u·al·ly, adverb non·ha·bit·u·al·ness, nounqua·si-ha·bit·u·al, adjectivequa·si-ha·bit·u·al·ly, adverbun·ha·bit·u·al, adjectiveun·ha·bit·u·al·ly, adverb Words nearby habitualhabitat, habitation, habited, habit-forming, habit spasm, habitual, habitual abortion, habituate, habituation, habitude, habitué Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for habitualRegular air travel has become habitual, he argues—at least among those who can afford it. ‘Flights to nowhere’ are popular. Experts explain the psychology behind the COVID-era concept|Grady McGregor|October 11, 2020|Fortune Through accidents of history and habitual use among consumers, it’s hard to knock big search engines off their perch. Are search engines dead in China?|Ada Luo|September 14, 2020|Search Engine Watch If the environment of decision-making stays the same, your daily habitual behaviors will most likely stay the same. How a vacation—or a pandemic—can help you adopt better habits now|matthewheimer|September 12, 2020|Fortune That same neuroscience could explain why Zoom is so tiring when it becomes our habitual mode of communication. That chatbot I’ve loved to hate|Tate Ryan-Mosley|August 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Princess Margaret—another Royal sibling who struggled with lack of purpose—was a habitual, heavy drinker. The Perils of a Playboy Prince|Tom Sykes|August 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Everything about his behavior—his lassitude, his habitual indifference—makes more sense when you know his circumstances. ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’ Is a Classic Twice over—as a Movie and a Novel|Malcolm Jones|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST Lawson told the court, “I have never been a habitual user.” Nigella Lawson Tells Court She Used Cocaine, Marijuana|Nico Hines|December 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST He could change his name but not his nature—his habitual brawling and drinking cost him his job a year later. 40 years for Justice: Did the FBI Cover for the Birmingham Bombers?|Gary May|September 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST They want the jury to deduce that it was a sort of habitual foreplay employed by the popular coach. Jerry Sandusky Trial, Day Three: The Defense Gets Steamrolled|Diane Dimond|June 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST They had been sitting thus for more than an hour, and there was about their attitude a suggestion that silence was habitual. Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands and Other Stories|Bret Harte It needed all Sewell's habitual self-command not to show the uneasiness these tidings occasioned him. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II.|Charles James Lever Wayne glanced around their seclusion with his habitual caution, slightly knit his brows perplexedly, and said: "You fell in?" The Bell-Ringer of Angel's and Other Stories|Bret Harte Consent, the essence of all good marriage upon earth, is the habitual state of Angels in Heaven. Seraphita|Honore de Balzac He gave one the impression of just protecting himself from boredom by habitual loyalty and a finely tempered sense of duty. Rustic Sounds|Francis Darwin
British Dictionary definitions for habitual
adjective(usually prenominal) done or experienced regularly and repeatedlythe habitual Sunday walk (usually prenominal) by habita habitual drinker customary; usualhis habitual comment Derived forms of habitualhabitually, adverbhabitualness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to habitualperpetual, inveterate, chronic, repeated, addicted, hardened, accepted, accustomed, automatic, common, confirmed, constant, continual, conventional, customary, familiar, fixed, frequent, ingrained, mechanical |