7 definitions found for habitual

Habitual HABIT'UAL, a. Formed or acquired by habit, frequent use or custom.
Art is properly an habitual knowledge of certain rules and maxims.
1. Customary; according to habit; as the habitual practice of sin; the habitual exercise of holy affections.
It is the distinguishing mark of habitual piety to be grateful for the most common blessings.
2. Formed by repeated impressions; rendered permanent by continued causes; as an habitual color of the skin.

habitual adj 1: 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)]

habitual - vamob

habitual
adj.
1 done constantly or as a habit.
2 regular, usual.
3 given to a (specified) habit (a habitual smoker).
Derivatives:
habitually adv. habitualness n.
Etymology: med.L habitualis (as HABIT)

Habitual Ha*bit"ual (?; 135), a. [Cf. F. habituel, LL. habituals. See Habit, n.] 1. Formed or acquired by habit or use. An habitual knowledge of certain rules and maxims. --South. 2. According to habit; established by habit; customary; constant; as, the habiual practice of sin. 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.

habitual a. Usual, customary, accustomed, wonted, common, regular, ordinary, familiar, every-day.

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