wontly

adv

wontly

adv

Etymology From wont + -ly.

1

Usually; customarily; habitually.

  • But third persons, merely for the purpose of laying a wager, shall not thus wontly expose others to ridicule, and libel them under the form of an action.1807, Samuel Comyn, A treatise of the law relative to contracts and agreements not under Seal:
  • That words were vain which would reveal His workings of amaze and zeal; But, when again his breast the tone Assumed which wontly seemed its own, […]1929, George (vicar of Huttoft) Bryan, The dying Christian, a poem:
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  • […] rights violations against the Governor, Adjutant General of the National Guard, guard officials and enlisted members, and the university president for "intentionally, recklessly, willfully and wontly" causing the students' death.1974, Kansas Bar Association, The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association:

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