habitual

ha·bit·u·al  (h-bch-l)

adj.

1.

a. Of the nature of a habit: habitual lying.

b. Being such by force of habit: a habitual liar. See Synonyms at chronic.

2. Established by long use; usual: my habitual place. See Synonyms at usual.

3. Grammar Designating an action or state that lasts for or is repeated over an extended duration, expressed in English by such means as the simple present tense (She works downtown) and the phrase used to (A factory used to be located at that intersection).

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ha·bitu·al·ly adv.

ha·bitu·al·ness n.

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habitual [həˈbɪtjʊəl]

adj

1. (usually prenominal) done or experienced regularly and repeatedly the habitual Sunday walk

2. (usually prenominal) by habit a habitual drinker

3. customary; usual his habitual comment

habitually  adv

habitualness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

habitual - commonly used or practiced; usual; "his accustomed thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor" wonted, accustomed, customary usual - occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure; "grew the usual vegetables"; "the usual summer heat"; "came at the usual time"; "the child's usual bedtime"

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habitual

adjective

1. customary, normal, usual, common, standard, natural, traditional, fixed, regular, ordinary, familiar, routine, accustomed, wonted He soon recovered his habitual geniality.
customary strange, rare, unusual, extraordinary, exceptional, abnormal, irregular, uncommon

2. persistent, established, confirmed, constant, frequent, chronic, hardened, recurrent, ingrained, inveterate three out of four of them would become habitual criminals
persistent occasional, irregular, infrequent

Translations

habitual [həˈbɪtjʊəl] ADJ → habitual, acostumbrado; [drunkard, liar etc] → inveterado, empedernido

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habitual [həˈbɪtʃuəl] adj [action, behaviour] → habituel(le); [drinker, liar] → invétéré(e); [criminal] → récidiviste
to become habitual → devenir une habitude

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habitual

adj

(= customary) smile, expression, behaviour, way, position → gewohnt; he was smiling his habitual smile → er lächelte wie üblich; his habitual guilty grin → das schuldbewusste Grinsen, das er sich angewöhnt hatte; to become habitual → zur Gewohnheit werden

(= regular) smoker, drug user, drug use → gewohnheitsmäßig; liar → notorisch; joker, gossip → ewig; habitual criminal → Gewohnheitsverbrecher(in) m(f); habitual offender → Gewohnheitstäter(in) m(f); habitual drinker → Gewohnheitstrinker(in) m(f)

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habitual [həˈbɪtjʊəl] adj → abituale, consueto/a; (drunkard, smoker) → incallito/a; (liar) → inveterato/a

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habitual habit