habitual

[ huh-bich-oo-uhl ]
/ həˈbɪtʃ u əl /
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adjective

of 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 habitual

1520–30; < Medieval Latin habituālis relating to dress, condition, or habit, equivalent to Latin habitu(s) habit1 + -ālis -al1

OTHER WORDS FROM habitual

Words nearby habitual

habitancy, habitant, habitat, habitation, habited, habitual, habitual abortion, habituate, habituation, habitude, habitus

Words related to habitual

perpetual, inveterate, chronic, repeated, addicted, hardened, accepted, accustomed, automatic, common, confirmed, constant, continual, conventional, customary, familiar, fixed, frequent, ingrained, mechanical

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British Dictionary definitions for habitual

habitual
/ (həˈbɪtjʊəl) /

adjective

(usually prenominal) done or experienced regularly and repeatedly the habitual Sunday walk
(usually prenominal) by habit a habitual drinker
customary; usual his habitual comment

Derived forms of habitual

habitually, adverb habitualness, noun