routinely
Use Routinely in a sentence
noun
1.
a customary or regular course of procedure.
2.
commonplace tasks, chores, or duties as must be done regularly or at specified intervals; typical or everyday activity: the routine of an office.
3.
regular, unvarying, habitual, unimaginative, or rote procedure.
4.
an unvarying and constantly repeated formula, as of speech or action; convenient or predictable response: Don't give me that brotherly-love routine!
5.
Computers.
a.
a complete set of coded instructions directing a computer to perform a series of operations.
b.
a series of operations performed by the computer.
adjective
7.
of the nature of, proceeding by, or adhering to routine: routine duties.
8.
dull or uninteresting; commonplace.
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Routinely
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routine (ruːˈtiːn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a usual or regular method of procedure, esp one that is unvarying |
| 2. | computing a program or part of a program performing a specific function: an input routine; an output routine |
| 3. | a set sequence of dance steps |
| 4. | informal a hackneyed or insincere speech |
| —adj | |
| 5. | of, relating to, or characteristic of routine |
| [C17: from Old French, from route a customary way, | |
| rou'tinely | |
| —adv | |
| routine (ruːˈtiːn) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a usual or regular method of procedure, esp one that is unvarying |
| 2. | computing a program or part of a program performing a specific function: an input routine; an output routine |
| 3. | a set sequence of dance steps |
| 4. | informal a hackneyed or insincere speech |
| —adj | |
| 5. | of, relating to, or characteristic of routine |
| [C17: from Old French, from route a customary way, | |
| rou'tinely | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
routine
1676, from Fr. routine "usual course of action, beaten path" from route "way, path, course" (see route) + subst. suffix -ine. Theatrical sense is from 1926. The adj. is attested from 1817, from the noun.
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Amulets are worn routinely by soldiers to ward off bullets, for example.
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