wontly

English

Etymology

From wont +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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

1. Usually; customarily; habitually.
   • 1807, Samuel Comyn, A treatise of the law relative to contracts and agreements not under Seal:

     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.

   • 1929, George (vicar of Huttoft) Bryan, The dying Christian, a poem:

     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, […]

   • 1974, Kansas Bar Association, The Journal of the Kansas Bar Association:

     […] 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.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:normally

Anagrams

• townly