wontedly

Example Sentences

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In place of his wontedly correct, if garish, form of dress, he was clad in ragged calico shirt and soiled drill trousers whose lower portions were in ribbons.

From Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story by Terhune, Albert Payson

Very soon there occurred an accident, not uncommon in unfortunate marriages, but which for special reasons was, in the family of Tiberius, far more than wontedly dangerous.

From Characters and events of Roman History by Ferrero, Frances Lance

If flower I cull or grass, I ponder that it takes Root in that soil, where wontedly she strayed Betwixt the stream and glade, And found at times a seat Green, fresh, and flower-embossed.

From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Biese, Alfred

All the familiar tapestries and cushions and rare knick-knacks which wontedly converted the further end of it into a charming reception room were gone.

From The Lamp of Fate by Pedler, Margaret

It was incredible that the wontedly dignified and sweet-tempered collie had thus returned a greeting.

From Bruce by Terhune, Albert Payson