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set in one's ways

set in one's ways adjective: driven by habit; inclined or determined to continue according to one's custom or established preferences.

Adjective

set in one's ways

  1. (idiomatic) Driven by habit; inclined or determined to continue according to one's custom or established preferences.
    • He's as set in his ways now as a little old man.1913, E. Phillips Oppenheim, chapter 20, in The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton

Synonyms of set in one's ways

Questions about set in one's ways

What does set in one's ways mean?
Set in one's ways means driven by habit; inclined or determined to continue according to one's custom or established preferences.
What part of speech is set in one's ways?
Set in one's ways is an adjective.

Words near set in one's ways in the dictionary

  1. set free
  2. set function
  3. set functions
  4. set in
  5. set in motion
  6. set in one's ways
  7. set in stone
  8. set in train
  9. set light
  10. set list
  11. set lists

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