wontedly

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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

Thus it was that Bruce missed his wontedly uproarious welcome as he cantered, at sunset one July day, into a smashed farmstead where his friends, the "Here-We-Comes," were bivouacked for the night.

From Bruce by Terhune, Albert Payson

It took not a moment to see the inspector was more than wontedly excited.

From Christopher and the Clockmakers by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)

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

Cottle addressed to him a letter of not very delicate remonstrance on the subject, to which Coleridge replied in his wontedly humble strain.

From English Men of Letters: Coleridge by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff)