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wonted

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wont·ed  (wôntd, wn-, wn-)
adj.
Accustomed; usual: striding along with her wonted purposefulness.
wonted·ly adv.
wonted [ˈwəʊntɪd]
adj
1. (postpositive) accustomed or habituated (to doing something)
2. (prenominal) customary; usual she is in her wonted place
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.wontedwonted - commonly used or practiced; usual; "his accustomed thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor"
habitual, 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"
Translations
wonted [ˈwəʊntɪd] ADJ (liter) → acostumbrado
wonted
adj (liter) → gewohnt


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Philip heard discussions about it at the Frau Professor's long table, and at these Professor Erlin lost his wonted calm: he beat the table with his fist, and drowned all opposition with the roar of his fine deep voice.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Still the delay was not wholly unproductive, for it took all that time to get Sandy thoroughly wonted to the new thing, she being so close to it, you know.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
As a criminal who is being led to execution knows that he must die immediately, but yet looks about him and straightens the cap that is awry on his head, so Moscow involuntarily continued its wonted life, though it knew that the time of its destruction was near when the conditions of life to which its people were accustomed to submit would be completely upset.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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