Want to find out what does the word habitual mean? We gathered all the possible definitions of the word habitual on our website. Our definition dictionary is updated all the time with new definitions and is ready to help you.
habitual
Part of speech: AdjectiveFormed or acquired by use; customary; of long standing; as, an habitual drinker.
Usage examples "habitual":- A portrait of Hulot, in the uniform of a Commissary General of the Imperial Guard, painted in 1810 by Robert Lefebvre, hung above the work- table, and when visitors were announced, Adeline threw into a drawer an Imitation of Jesus Christ, her habitual study. - "Cousin Betty", Honore de Balzac.
- But within a week or two Kashkine noted that Ivan was turning inward again towards himself and his habitual solitude. - "The Genius", Margaret Horton Potter.
- Occasionally she would offer me some little delicacy, begging that I would eat; and as, touched by her kindness, I took food more readily from her hand than any other, these little attentions became at last habitual. - "The Lamplighter", Maria S. Cummins.