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Webster 1913 Edition
Wonted
Wont′ed
,Adj.
Accustomed; customary; usual.
Again his
wonted
weapon proved. Spenser.
Like an old piece of furniture left alone in its
wonted
corner. Sir W. Scott.
She was
wonted
to the place, and would not remove. L’Estrange.
Webster 1828 Edition
Wonted
WONTED
,pp.
1.
Accustomed; used.Again his wonted weapon provd.
2.
Accustomed; made familiar by use.She was wonted to the place, and would not remove.
Definition 2024
wonted
wonted
English
Adjective
wonted (comparative more wonted, superlative most wonted)
- Usual, customary, habitual, or accustomed.
- 1836, Charles Dickens, Sketches by Boz: illustrative of every-day life and every-day people:
- Rose Villa has once again resumed its wonted appearance; the dining-room furniture has been replaced; the tables are as nicely polished as formerly; the horsehair chairs are ranged against the wall, as regularly as ever [...]
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:
- I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town.
- 2008, William Dean Howells, A Hazard of New Fortunes:
- Superficially, the affairs of 'Every Other Week' settled into their wonted form again, and for Fulkerson they seemed thoroughly reinstated.
- 2008 (tr.?), Lodovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso:
- But not with wonted welcome;—inly moved [...]
- 1836, Charles Dickens, Sketches by Boz: illustrative of every-day life and every-day people:
Translations
usual, customary
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