| 单词 |
habitually |
| 释义 |
habitually, adv.|həˈbɪtjuːəlɪ|
[-ly2.]
†1. With respect to habit, disposition, or constitution; inherently, essentially; potentially. (Sometimes opposed to actually: cf. prec. 1, and dispositively 1.) Obs.
1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lv. §6 The gifts and virtues which Christ as man hath above men..make him really and habitually a man more excellent than we are. a1639W. Whately Prototypes i. v. (1640) 50 Though Adam were perfect habitually yet not actually, I meane though hee had an ability to attaine perfect knowledge of God and the creatures, yet hee had not yet actually gotten all such knowledge. 1660Bond Scut. Reg. 70 Our Anabaptists, and Puritans..pretend that the Government originally proceedeth and habitually resideth in the people. 1671J. Flavel Fount. Life vii. 19 If you stand not Habitually ready to leave father [etc.].
2. In the way of habit or settled practice; constantly, usually, customarily.
1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. i. xxx, Often repeated acts make us habitually evil. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. Wks. V. 94 Supreme authority placed in the hands of men not taught habitually to respect themselves. 1883Froude in Contemp. Rev. XLIV. 3 A God-fearing man, who prayed habitually at his children's bedside. |
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