Given
Wont
Wont adjective - Being in the habit or custom.
Usage example: she paced about the room, as she is wont to do whenever she is agitated
Given and wont are semantically related in accustomed topic. You can use "Given" instead an adjective "Wont", if it concerns topics such as in the habit of.
Nearby Word: won
How words are described
| normal | normal given | normal wont |
Both words in one sentence
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Slightly subverted (as is wont for a Deconstruction), in that the "psycho" shirei are sometimes shown giving pause to and respecting anyone who references some link to a given monarch.
- Damn You, Muscle Memory: Given to newer players of the franchise, thinking that abilities and moves would work as intended but wont due to the various changes the games had throughout the series.
- Given that he's facing an unfamiliar arcane ritual that also makes him confront the unwelcome possibility that he may become king himself, he feels the need to pray: "A little awkwardly, then, he bowed his head and framed his thoughts in a far more formal petition than was usually his wont..."
Source: Secular Hero
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