habitual
huh-BICH-oo-uladjMeaning done regularly, out of long practice; usual
Memory hook HABIT-ual: every day, same way. Every morning at seven, Grandpa Gus walks the dog, reads the paper and drinks one cup of tea, always in that order. It is his habitual routine.
Grandpa’s habitual morning walk, the same route every day for forty years, always ends at the bakery.
In context Being late was not a one-time slip for Max but a habitual problem; he missed the first bell nearly every day of the term.
Similar customary, usual, routine, regular
Opposite occasional, rare, unusual
From Medieval Latin habitualis, from Latin habitus, “condition, habit.”