usually
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/ˈjuːʒʊəli/
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/ˈjuːʒʊəli/ (US) · /ˈjuːʒli/ (US) · /ˈjuːʒəli/ (US) · /ˈju.ʒu.(ə.)li/ (US) · /ˈju.ʒə.li/ (US) · /ˈjʉːʒʊə.li/ · /ˈjuʒ(ʊ)wəli/
Definition of usually
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adv
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Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.
“Except for one or two days a year, he usually walks to work.”
“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 or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous,[…].”
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adv
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Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.
“Except for one or two days a year, he usually walks to work.”
“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 or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous,[…].”
- Under normal conditions.
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Etymology
From Middle English usualli, equivalent to usual + -ly. Broadly displaced native Old English ġewunelīċe (from which English wontly).
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