Standard Lemma guide

habitually

adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /həˈbɪtju.əli/
  • /həˈbɪt͡ʃu.əli/
  • /həˈbɪt͡ʃəli/
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  • CMU ARPABET: HH AH0 B IH1 CH UW0 AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: HH AH0 B IH1 CH UW0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

By habit; in a habitual manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • He is habitually inattentive of time.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

Occurring regularly or usually.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Professor Franklein is habitually pessimistic.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

according to habit or custom

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • her habitually severe expression
  • he habitually keeps his office door closed

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English habitual Middle English -ly English -ly English habitually From habitual + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَادَةً (ʕādatan) — occurring regularly or usually
  • Armenian: սովորաբար (sovorabar) — occurring regularly or usually
  • Bulgarian: обикновено (obiknoveno) — occurring regularly or usually
  • Bulgarian: обичайно (običajno) — occurring regularly or usually
  • Catalan: habitualment — occurring regularly or usually
  • Esperanto: kutime — occurring regularly or usually
  • French: habituellement — occurring regularly or usually
  • Galician: decotío — occurring regularly or usually
  • Galician: decote — occurring regularly or usually
  • Galician: acotío — occurring regularly or usually
  • Galician: habitualmente — occurring regularly or usually
  • German: gewöhnlich — occurring regularly or usually
  • German: gewohnheitsmäßig — occurring regularly or usually
  • Hungarian: rendszeresen — occurring regularly or usually
  • Hungarian: rendszerint — occurring regularly or usually
  • Interlingua: habitualmente — occurring regularly or usually
  • Irish: de ghréas — occurring regularly or usually
  • Italian: abitualmente — occurring regularly or usually
  • Lithuanian: iš papratimo — occurring regularly or usually
  • Portuguese: habitualmente — occurring regularly or usually
  • Romanian: uzual — occurring regularly or usually
  • Romanian: regulat — occurring regularly or usually
  • Russian: обы́чно (obýčno) — occurring regularly or usually
  • Scottish Gaelic: a ghnàth — occurring regularly or usually
  • Spanish: habitualmente — occurring regularly or usually
  • Telugu: అలవాటుగా (alavāṭugā) — occurring regularly or usually