habitually

[ huh-bich-oo-uh-lee ]

/ həˈbɪtʃ u ə li /

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adverb

as a habit, or an established way of being or acting; routinely or regularly: Students who are habitually late will do a reflective writing exercise so we can get to the root of the problem.

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Origin of habitually

habitual + -ly

OTHER WORDS FROM habitually

non·ha·bit·u·al·ly, adverbqua·si-ha·bit·u·al·ly, adverbun·ha·bit·u·al·ly, adverb

Words nearby habitually

habitat, habitation, habited, habit-forming, habitual, habitually, habituate, habituation, habitude, habitué, habitus

How to use habitually in a sentence

Here’s a graph from a 2019 paper on the habitual motion path that shows the movement of the knee joint in six cadaver legs being flexed back and forth.
There’s a New Way to Choose the Right Running Shoe|Alex Hutchinson|January 5, 2021|Outside Online
The second claim—that this habitual motion path tells us something useful about running shoes—gets a lot trickier.
There’s a New Way to Choose the Right Running Shoe|Alex Hutchinson|January 5, 2021|Outside Online
First you have to decide how to measure the habitual motion path in living people.
There’s a New Way to Choose the Right Running Shoe|Alex Hutchinson|January 5, 2021|Outside Online
One afternoon, our graduate student’s mom went to make her habitual cup of coffee only to discover she could not smell or taste it.
Daily DIY Sniff Checks Could Catch Many Cases Of COVID-19|LGBTQ-Editor|December 17, 2020|No Straight News

Braddy was charged with several crimes in the incident, pleaded guilty to felony battery and was sentenced as a habitual felony offender to three years in a Florida state prison, according to court records.
Fugitive who died in gun battle with Md. police killed his estranged girlfriend in Fla., authorities say|Dan Morse|November 18, 2020|Washington Post
The sixth line of the GJW nonsensically seems to read, “Evil man habitually does not he does habitually bring [sic].”
The ‘Gospel of Jesus’s Wife’ is Still as Big a Mystery as Ever|Candida Moss|April 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He reminded us that government officials habitually lie, then hide behind the shield of national security.
America’s Secret Government Program to Hire Nazi War Criminals|Richard Rashke|August 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The problem is that Netanyahu habitually conflates anti-Semitism with anti-Zionism.
Netanyahu’s Fallacious Anti-Semitism Arguments|Sigal Samuel|May 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He uses multiple means of transportation each day and changes phones habitually.
Ugandan Gay-Rights Group Sues U.S. Pastor|Nina Strochlic|January 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The office in which he lives is blind on both ends, and he himself habitually stares only at a blank wall.
David's Bookclub: Bartleby the Scrivener|David Frum|November 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Many children habitually set the two eyes far up towards the crown of the head, as in Fig. 6.
Children's Ways|James Sully
She habitually ate chocolates for their sustaining quality; they contained much nutriment in small compass, she said.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
The people of God fear him habitually, even though not engaged in positive religious services.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
He was a fat little man who sat habitually with a hand on either knee, which he clawed absently both in conversation and thought.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
At a period of the world when many habitually disregarded it, was it given as a Covenant sign.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham