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adjective
- 1. done constantly or as a habit: "his habitual use of heroin" Similar Opposite
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usual or repeated: a habitual thief. habitual drug use. dressed in his habitual black. her habitual meanness. Synonyms. accustomed. customary. usual. wonted formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Habitual and customary. accustomed. all in a day's work idiom. as a (general) rule idiom. as a matter of course idiom.
habitual. (həbɪtʃuəl ) 1. adjective. A habitual action, state, or way of behaving is one that someone usually does or has, especially one that is considered to be typical or characteristic of them. He soon recovered his habitual geniality. If bad posture becomes habitual, you risk long-term effects.
Habitual is the adjective form of habit, which comes from the Latin habēre, which meant the mode of one's being, and often referred to the mode of dress. Now habit means anything you do repeatedly — your habitual actions.
The meaning of HABITUAL is regularly or repeatedly doing or practicing something or acting in some manner : having the nature of a habit : customary. How to use habitual in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Habitual.
Definition of habitual adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
usual or repeated: a habitual thief. habitual drug use. dressed in his habitual black. her habitual meanness. Synonyms. accustomed. customary. usual. wonted formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Habitual and customary. accustomed. all in a day's work idiom. as a (general) rule idiom. as a matter of course idiom.
1. of the nature of a habit; fixed by or resulting from habit: habitual courtesy. 2. being such by habit; confirmed: a habitual gossip. 3. commonly used, followed, observed, etc., as by a particular person; customary. [1520–30; < Medieval Latin]
Habitual definition: of the nature of a habit; fixed by or resulting from habit. See examples of HABITUAL used in a sentence.
HABITUAL meaning: 1. usual or typical: 2. doing something often because it is a habit: . Learn more.
1. A habitual action, state, or way of behaving is one that someone usually does or has, especially one that is considered to be typical or characteristic of them. [...] 2. You use habitual to describe someone who usually or often does a particular thing. [...] More. Synonyms of 'habitual' • customary, normal, usual, common [...]
