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   habitual

   /həˈbɪtʃʊəl/

   adjective

   • 1. done constantly or as a habit: "his habitual use of heroin" Similar constantpersistentcontinualcontinuousperpetualnon-stoprecurrentrepeatedfrequentinterminableincessantceaselessendlessrelentlessunrelentingnever-endingunremittingsustainedunabatinginformal:eternalOpposite infrequent
   • ▪ doing something constantly or regularly: "a habitual late sleeper" Similar inveterateconfirmedaddictedcompulsiveobsessiveincorrigiblehardenedingraineddyed-in-the-woolchronicby habitregularinformal:pathologicalhookedOpposite occasional
   • ▪ regular; usual: "his habitual dress" Similar customaryaccustomedregularusualnormalsetfixedestablishedroutinecommonordinaryfamiliartraditionaltypicalgeneralcharacteristicstandardtime-honouredliterary:wontedOpposite unaccustomed

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘part of one's character’): from medieval Latin habitualis, from habitus ‘condition, appearance’ (see habit).

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