habitually
As a routine
Habitually means as a regular practice or by force of habit.
It describes actions done repeatedly, often automatically: He habitually checks his phone first thing in the morning.
The word can carry a note of compulsion or addiction: She was habitually late, habitually drunk.
It emphasizes pattern over isolated instance.
Driven by irresistible urge
- addictivelyIn habit-forming manner
- obsessivelyWith unhealthy fixation
- pathologicallyIn morbidly excessive fashion
- incorrigiblyBeyond any fixing
inveterate · chronically · persistently · characteristically · typically · usually · normally · generally
As standard practice
- dailyPer diem, repeated
- customarilyIn the habitual manner
- rituallyIn formal repeated manner
- cyclicallyIn repeating sequence
perpetually · recurrently · repeatedly · chronically · continually · ceaselessly · endlessly · incessantly
In dependable manner
- dependablyConsistently, as expected
- steadfastlyWith unyielding commitment
- unfailinglyAlways, without deviation
- faithfullyWith unwavering loyalty
punctually · dutifully · conscientiously · diligently · methodically · systematically · persistently · unwaveringly
By innate impulse
- automaticallyWithout manual control
- unconsciouslyWithout being aware
- reflexivelyDone without conscious thought
- intuitivelyBy innate understanding
mechanically · unthinkingly · innately · inherently · viscerally · subconsciously · naturally · involuntarily
compulsively
Driven by irresistible urge
- addictivelyIn habit-forming manner
- obsessivelyWith unhealthy fixation
- pathologicallyIn morbidly excessive fashion
incorrigibly · inveterate · chronically · persistently · characteristically · typically · usually · normally · generally · commonly
routinely
As standard practice
- dailyPer diem, repeated
- customarilyIn the habitual manner
- rituallyIn formal repeated manner
cyclically · perpetually · recurrently · repeatedly · chronically · continually · ceaselessly · endlessly · incessantly · persistently
reliably
In dependable manner
- dependablyConsistently, as expected
- steadfastlyWith unyielding commitment
- unfailinglyAlways, without deviation
faithfully · punctually · dutifully · conscientiously · diligently · methodically · systematically · persistently · unwaveringly · resolutely
instinctively
By innate impulse
- automaticallyWithout manual control
- unconsciouslyWithout being aware
- reflexivelyDone without conscious thought
intuitively · mechanically · unthinkingly · innately · inherently · viscerally · subconsciously · naturally · involuntarily · spontaneously
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
- frequency wordsalways, never, often, sometimes, usually
- autopilot modeautopilot, automatic, unconscious, subconscious, instinctively
- mental adverbsmentally, cognitively, consciously, unconsciously, subconsciously
- gradual phrasesbit by bit, little by little, step by step, one by one, piece by piece
- quantifiersall, any, every, each, both
habituallyrarely
Not often occurring
seldom · infrequently · never · hardly ever · once in a while
habituallyonce
At one time
exceptionally · uncharacteristically · atypically · for once · out of character
habituallyabnormally
Outside expected norms
atypically · uncharacteristically · unusually · anomalously · aberrantly
- habitual useEstablished regular practice
- habitual offenderPersistent lawbreaker
- habitual criminalPersistent repeat offender
- habitual smokerPerson with tobacco dependency
- habitual userChronic substance dependent
- habitual patternsBehaviors repeated automatically