Wonted
['wəʊntɪd] or ['wʌntɪd]
Definition
(-) of Wont
(a.) Accustomed; customary; usual.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Accustomed, usual, habitual, customary, conventional, familiar, common, frequent, regular, ordinary, every-day.
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Examples
- The seasons have made their wonted round, and decked this eternal city in a changeful robe of surpassing beauty. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But the faculties soon settled each in his place; the life-machine presently resumed its wonted and regular working. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The night-mare became torture; with a strong effort I threw off sleep, and recalled reason to her wonted functions. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- According to my wonted undemonstrative fashion, I simply answered--Yes. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He shuddered and drew himself together; but, instantly summoning up his wonted resolution, he exclaimed, Who is there? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- With his wonted activity and fertility Edison set about devising such a contact, and experimented with metal wheels under all conditions of speed and track conditions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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