wont

Examples

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• As it happened, Japan's perennially dominant party was on the electoral ropes at the time and, as is its wont in such circumstances, turned to a charismatic maverick in the person of Junichiro Koizumi with a view to enhancing its flagging appeal to Japanese voters.

  Academic text (2003)

• It is the wont of the kings of the Cyrgai to periodically test that curse.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Lying down or slightly raised, as was his wont, the man could see nothing of the valley.

  Fiction book (1995)

• As was her wont, Chicken Little saved the feature articles for last.

  Fiction book (2001)

• You both went in, but when my people arrived, - he had disappeared, as is his wont.

  Kraven the Hunter (2024)

• Gudjen walked directly into them as was her wont; folk yielded to her one by one.

  Fiction book (1993)

• After church, it was her wont to idle away a good half hour exchanging commonplaces with her neighbors.

  Fiction book (1990)

• According to my wont, I faxed back the typographical errors and kept the galleys themselves for my library.

  Fiction book (1999)

• He would no longer poke or slash, as had formerly been his wont.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Benson protests, as is Benson's wont, pointing out that Pops gets scared at even the mildest of spooky stories.

  Blog text (3)

Synonyms

H

habit

vswont

630 1.0

A regular action you do often without thinking

is broader and means a person's usual practice not only automatic acts

H

habitude

vswont

9.9

A regular way that a person behaves often without thinking

is about a person's usual behavior rather than an abstract pattern

Idioms

W

wont to

• Archaic

8 9.3

Often does something because it is a habit

How Habitual

second nature

• Informal

15 3.5

habit

630 1.0

wont

• Archaic

2 9.3

routine

354 1.0

practice

613 1.4

Surface Forms

Etymology