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habitual
in
A Thousand Acres
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- He'd thank me for meals and habitually used the word "please."†
p. 12.8habitually = in a manner that is done regularly
- But even though I felt her presence, I also felt the habitual fruitlessness of thinking about her.†
p. 94.1habitual = done regularly
- I could not drive with Daddy, or even be in the same room with him, without a looming sense of his presence, but once he turned forward in the seat and began to look out the window, I took up my now habitual thoughts of Jess Clark.†
p. 170.5
- I glanced at Ty's face, at his plate, the wife habitually noticing what the husband was eating.†
p. 218.5habitually = in a manner that is done regularly
- Her habitual manner was one of amazement—that some right-minded Zebulon County person would actually let such a piece get away from the family, or else that some city person would actually pay what Dinah asked for it.†
p. 268.9 *habitual = done regularly
- I was flattered, so I smiled and waved back in spite of my habitual fearfulness.†
p. 344.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(habitual) done regularly
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)