Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Accustomed; usual.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Accustomed; made or having become familiar by using, frequenting, etc.
- Customary or familiar by being used, done, frequented, enjoined, experienced, or the like; usual.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Accustomed; customary; usual.
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- adjective
Usual ,customary ,habitual , oraccustomed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective commonly used or practiced; usual
Etymologies
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Examples
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Again, however, did Donna Serafina intervene, recalling her wonted severity of voice: "Giacomo, you will please stay here."
The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Complete ��mile Zola 1871
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Again, however, did Donna Serafina intervene, recalling her wonted severity of voice: "Giacomo, you will please stay here."
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris ��mile Zola 1871
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A short and animated conversation with her lover, as the day began to wane, partially recalled her wonted cheerfulness, but when he was gone she relapsed into her former mood.
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'Yes, dear,' says I, 'put up his little hands to me kind of wonted'; an 'she turned a look on me like another creatur', so pleased an 'contented. "
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Hudson Bay blanket about her with a mock reverence more real than feigned, while Malemute Kid, whose arm she had taken, found it a severe trial to resume his wonted mentorship.
The Wife of a King 2010
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But the country did not recover with its wonted elasticity.
Chapter XXI 2010
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"Oh, I've had my troubles," Billy answered, speaking in his wonted slow way.
CHAPTER IX 2010
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But now, in the long absence of wonted delights, the keen yearning of his stomach was tickled hugely by the sharp, salty bacon.
FINIS 2010
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Sometimes he did not hear what she was saying, or if he did, failed to respond in his wonted manner.
ALOHA OE 2010
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