habitually
/həˈbɪtʃuəli/ (bre, ipa) · /həˈbɪtʃuəli/ (ame, ipa) · /-lē, -li/ (ame, mw)
habitually — adverb
1. describing something done regularly and almost without thinking, because the act
describing something done regularly and almost without thinking, because the action has become part of a person's normal everyday behaviour over time.
Christopher habitually drinks two cups of coffee before leaving for work.
habitually + present-tense verb for routine action
The factory manager habitually arrives an hour before the morning shift starts.
habitually placed between subject and verb
Sayaka habitually checks her bicycle tires every Sunday morning in the garage.
Drivers who habitually exceed the speed limit risk losing their licence.
Amira habitually reads two news articles on the train to university.
- regularly
neutral; emphasises frequency without implying it has become automatic
- customarily
more formal; suggests a culturally or socially established practice
- routinely
emphasises the fixed schedule rather than the ingrained habit
- occasionally
the opposite frequency — only now and then
文法句型
habitually + verb
用法筆記
Frequently sits between subject and main verb, or directly before an adjective. Subject is usually a person or a group whose behaviour is being described as regular and predictable.