English Explanatory Dictionary

usually

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.
  2. Under normal conditions.

Pronunciation

/ˈjuːʒʊəli/ /ˈjuːʒli/ /ˈjuːʒəli/ /ˈju.ʒu.(ə.)li/ /ˈju.ʒə.li/ en-us-usually.ogg /ˈjʉːʒʊə.li/ /ˈjuʒ(ʊ)wəli/

Word forms

usually more usually most usually

Etymology

From Middle English usualli, equivalent to usual + -ly. Broadly displaced native Old English ġewunelīċe (from which English wontly).

Synonyms

mainly commonly regularly mostly on the whole in the main for the most part by and large most often ordinarily wontedly habitually wontly normally routinely as a rule conventionally in general most of the time nine times out of ten oftest predominantly principally typically usually generally customarily

Antonyms

forever occasionally uniformly

Related words

use frequently often frequency
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