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wontly

wontly adverb: usually; customarily; habitually.

Adverb

wontly (comparative wontlier or more wontly, superlative wontliest or most wontly)

  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

Forms of wontly

comparativewontlier
comparativemore wontly
superlativewontliest
superlativemost wontly

Origin of wontly

From wont + -ly.

Questions about wontly

What does wontly mean?
Wontly means usually; customarily; habitually.
What part of speech is wontly?
Wontly is an adverb.

Words near wontly in the dictionary

  1. wontedness
  2. Wonthaggi
  3. wonting
  4. wontish
  5. wontless
  6. wontly
  7. wonton
  8. wontons
  9. Wontroba
  10. Wontrobas
  11. wonts

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