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View synonyms for usually

usually

[ yoo-zhoo-uh-lee, yoozh-wuh-lee ]

adverb

  1. in the manner or way that is most usual; typically; ordinarily:

    We usually have breakfast on the back porch.



usually

/ ˈjuːʒʊəlɪ /

adverb

  1. customarily; at most times; in the ordinary course of events


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Word History and Origins

Origin of usually1

First recorded in 1450–1500; late Middle English; usual ( def ) + -ly

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Synonym Study

See often.

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Example Sentences

These are young fathers, rural farmers, usually growing banana or coffee or subsistence crops.

“I usually see people head to the stationary bikes,” Steinbrick says.

But outside of a few European countries and Quebec, this leave is usually two weeks or less and usually unpaid.

As a company that is beholden to stockholders, Kate Spade usually lags, not leads trends.

While there are a couple of antibiotics that usually work, if they are overused they, too, may cease to be effective.

In the early stages of chronic nephritis, when diagnosis is difficult, it is usually normal.

He asked what time was usually spent in determining between right and wrong, and what degree of expense?

And she fell to scolding him in the way he usually loved,—but at the moment found less stimulating for some reason.

These practical demonstrations occurred usually in the opening enthusiasm of the term.

The upper part of the stem is usually unbranched, but whorls of branches occur towards the base.

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