Usually

Pronunciation

• IPA: /juːʒʊəli/

Origin

usual + -ly

Full definition of usually

Adverb

1. Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.
   Except for one or two days a year, he usually walks to work.
• 1907, Robert Chambers, The Younger Set Chapter 9/2, He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend ; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward ….
2. Under normal conditions.

Synonyms

• (most of the time) generally, mainly, commonly, regularly, mostly, on the whole, in the main, for the most part, by and large, most often, ordinarily, wontedly
• (under normal conditions) customarily, habitually, wontly, normally, routinely, as a rule

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