'Habitual' definitions:
Definition of 'habitual'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Commonly used or practiced; usual; "his accustomed thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor" [syn: accustomed, customary, habitual, wonted(a)]
Definition of 'Habitual'
From: GCIDE
- Habitual \Ha*bit"ual\ (h[.a]*b[i^]t"[-u]*al; 135), a. [Cf. F. habituel, LL. habitualis. See Habit, n.]
- 1. Formed or acquired by habit or use. [1913 Webster]
- An habitual knowledge of certain rules and maxims. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. According to habit; established by habit; customary; constant; as, the habitual practice of sin. [1913 Webster]
- It is the distinguishing mark of habitual piety to be grateful for the most common and ordinary blessings. --Buckminster.
- Syn: Customary; accustomed; usual; common; wonted; ordinary; regular; familiar. -- {Ha*bit"u*al*ly}, adv. -- {Ha*bit"u*al*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'habitual'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accepted,
- accustomed,
- addicted,
- arranged,
- automatic,
- average,
- beaten,
- businesslike,
- chronic,
- common,
- commonplace,
- confirmed,
- constant,
- continual,
- conventional,
- current,
- customary,
- established,
- everyday,
- familiar,
- fixed,
- formal,
- frequent,
- frequentative,
- habituated,
- hackneyed,
- hardened,
- harmonious,
- household,
- in hand,
- ingrained,
- instinctive,
- inveterate,
- involuntary,
- many,
- many times,
- methodical,
- natural,
- normal,
- normative,
- not rare,
- of common occurrence,
- oft-repeated,
- oftentime,
- ordered,
- orderly,
- ordinary,
- perpetual,
- persistent,
- popular,
- predominating,
- prescriptive,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- recurrent,
- recurring,
- regular,
- regulation,
- repetitive,
- ritual,
- rooted,
- routine,
- set,
- settled,
- standard,
- steady,
- stereotyped,
- stock,
- symmetrical,
- systematic,
- thick-coming,
- traditional,
- trite,
- uniform,
- universal,
- usual,
- vernacular,
- well-ordered,
- well-regulated,
- well-trodden,
- well-worn,
- wonted