wont
/icons/point.icon HABIT, PRACTICE, USAGE, CUSTOM, WONT mean a way of acting fixed through repetition. HABIT implies a doing unconsciously and often compulsively. e.g. had a habit of tapping his fingers
PRACTICE suggests an act or method followed with regularity and usually through choice. e.g. our practice is to honor all major credit cards
USAGE suggests a customary action so generally followed that it has become a social norm. e.g. western-style dress is now common usage in international business
CUSTOM applies to a practice or usage so steadily associated with an individual or group as to have almost the force of unwritten law. e.g. the custom of wearing black at funerals
e.g. as was her wont, she slept until noon
⦅かたく・やや古⦆ ; 〖しばしばone's ~〗 習慣; 風習, しきたり
e.g. Constance, as was her wont, had paid her little attention.
adjective with infinitive literary
⦅かたく・やや古⦆ ; 〖be ~ to do〗 …するのを常とする, …し慣れた(accustomed) e.g. he was wont to arise at 5:30 every morning.
e.g. with object : wont thy heart to thoughts hereof
e.g. no object, with infinitive : sons wont to nurse their Parents in old age.
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