HABITUALLY Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

habitually

adverb

as in continuously

in a frequent or repeated manner He gambles habitually, much to the concern of his family. a jumpy dog that habitually barks at anything that makes a sound

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Recent Examples of habitually Steven Soderbergh recounts how Lean, who started out as an editor, would habitually shape a first cut without dialogue or sound, letting the images alone tell the story — an approach Soderbergh stole and still uses to this day. —

David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2026 In reality, these rules frequently apply to anyone who owns property there or who habitually resides in that jurisdiction. —

Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 In 2014, the Ig Nobel Prize in psychology went to a trio of researchers who found that people who habitually stay up late are, on average, more self-admiring, more manipulative and more psychopathic than people who habitually arise early in the morning. —

Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026 Ironically, as consumers habitually use AI agents to shop and transact, they are also expected to develop a greater appetite for live experiences interacting with humanity in stores and shopping centers. —

David Moin, Footwear News, 18 May 2026 As Pluto goes retrograde today, note a health or work crisis that habitually rears its head. —

Usa Today, USA Today, 6 May 2026 Colette, Mark Twain, and William Wordsworth all wrote habitually from bed, for reasons having to do with infirmity, comfort, and warding off distraction; Frida Kahlo painted self-portraits from bed, including the dreams that transcended her physical confinement. —

Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026 In Famesick, Dunham says Driver would habitually yell on set, once even throwing a chair against the wall next to her and puncturing the wall of his trailer with a fist. —

Anna Zucca, Vanity Fair, 15 Apr. 2026 Weinstein’s precipitous downfall came after the New Yorker and The New York Times published explosive investigative reporting in late 2017 accusing him of habitually preying on women from his powerful perch in Hollywood and blacklisting those who rejected him. —

Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026

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Adverb

Her model suggests that antecedents, physiological state and consequences continuously influence one another, with behavior emerging as the result of that interaction.

— Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 2 June 2026
The Aerospace Corporation has been advancing a concept for a restartable solid rocket motor (RSRM), a propulsion configuration that has long posed engineering difficulties because conventional solid motors burn continuously once ignited and cannot be throttled or shut down mid-flight.

— Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 1 June 2026