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adjective

Habitual adj.

Formed or acquired by habit or use. "An habitual knowledge of certain rules and maxims."

According to habit; established by habit; customary; constant; as, the habitual practice of sin. "It is the distinguishing mark of habitual piety to be grateful for the most common and ordinary blessings."

Synonyms: Customary; accustomed; usual; common; wonted; ordinary; regular; familiar.

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Etymology of 'Habitual'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... natural tendency of the human mind to connect and unify the manifold phenomena of life, the paradox of the German thinker is not without a measure of truth. But while this is only the occasional pastime of the ordinary individual, it is the conscious and habitual aim of the philosopher. In daily life people are wont to make assumptions which they do not verify, and employ figures of speech which of necessity are partial and inadequate. It is the business of philosophy to investigate the pre-suppositions ...

— Christianity and Ethics - A Handbook of Christian Ethics • Archibald B. C. Alexander

... squads is the habitual column of route. but route step and at ease are applicable ...

— Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Infantry • War Department

... advanced as to its salutary influence. Now, if we admit, broadly and at once, that there may be times and circumstances in which the inhaling the hot smoke of a powerful narcotic drug is useful to the human body, must it follow that the habitual resort to such a practice, and this under all circumstances, is useful also, and even free from the most ...

— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 17, Number 490, Saturday, May 21, 1831 • Various

... there, Orley?" he said faintly, while the habitual sweet expression stole over his pale features, though it was quickly followed by the perplexed look. "But how comes this change? You look so much older than you are, dear boy. Would God that I could cease ...

— The Madman and the Pirate • R.M. Ballantyne

... the limits of his own splendid and gallant colony, and among an eager and impressionable people whose habitual hatred of all restraints turned into undying love for this dashing champion of natural liberty, that Patrick Henry was now instantly crowned with his crown of sovereignty. By his resolutions against the Stamp Act, as Jefferson testifies, "Mr. Henry took the lead out of the hands of those who ...

— Patrick Henry • Moses Coit Tyler

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