Definition of Habitually

1. Adverb. According to habit or custom. "He habitually keeps his office door closed"

Partainyms: Habitual

Definition of Habitually

1. Adverb. By habit; in a habitual manner. ¹

2. Adverb. Occurring regularly or usually. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Habitually

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Habitually

habitat type
habitation
habitational
habitationally
habitations
habitator
habitators
habitats
habited
habiting
habits
habitual
habitual abortion
habitual criminal
habituall
habitually (current term)
habitualness
habitualnesses
habituals
habituate
habituated
habituates
habituating
habituation
habituations
habitudes
habitue
habitues
habitus

Literary usage of Habitually

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Reign of Law by George Douglas Campbell Argyll (1873)
"But, as in many other cases, the secondary or derivative senses of the word have supplanted the primary signification; and Law is now habitually used by men ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1890)
"... are habitually doctored by the addition of cane sugar and cognac. .... imported into Great Britain, where champagne is used habitually as a dinner wine. ..."

3. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"You remember Napoleon's mot—Je suis ancêtre," said Sir Hugo, who habitually undervalued birth, as men after dining well often agree that the good of life is ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"As it respects this devise to charitable insti tutions there can be no doubt upon the law 01 Massachusetts, as habitually administered in her courts, ..."

5. A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee (1898)
"Hundreds of poets openly gave habitually ..,.,... the affectionate notice of Edmund Spenser. Throughout Europe ' dedicatory' sonnets or poems to women ..."

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