normally en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈnɔ.mə.li/ (dialectal) of the US
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈnɔː.mə.li/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈnɔɹ.mə.li/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈnoː.mə.li/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn) Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor. Etruscanbor.? Latin norma Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōrmālisder. English normal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English normally From normal + -ly.
Meanings
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Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
Normally, I eat breakfast at 6am, but today, I got up late and didn't eat until 9.
It comes from the Latin insurgo, meaning “to rise up within”: so insurrectionists are, etymologically, the same as “insurgents”, even if that is normally a word for those who do not meekly accept western military rule.
2021 January 13, Steven Poole, “'Insurrection': how an old word for an old thing was Trumped”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2021:A normally bustling border crossing between Tanzania and Malawi was noticeably quieter than usual on Thursday as a result of an escalating regional trade row.
2025 April 24, Sammi Awami, “Tanzania bans South Africa and Malawi imports as trade row escalates”, in BBC, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2025:
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In the expected or customary manner.
Lisa ate normally, until she realised that she was late for choir, when she sped up.
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To a usual or customary extent or degree.
An even more important reason is that our generation is not only normally ignorant but abnormally so. That is, we not only have scholars who do not know the history of the church's testimony, but we have those who tell it like it was not.
1984, Robert Charles Sproul, John Henry Gerstner, Arthur Lindsley, Classical Apologetics, →ISBN, page 178:He was abnormally agitated, she only normally so.
- In the manner of a variable with a Gaussian distribution.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most normally | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more normally | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
exceptionally · unusually · atypically · irregularly
Deriveds
normally white · nonnormally · binormally · normally black
Relateds
Synonyms
normally · ordinarily · frequently · in general · usually · routinely · wontedly · regularly · unexceptionally · averagely (to a usual degree) · generally · wontly · commonly (most of the time) · as a matter of course · habitually · customarily (in the expected manner) · as a rule · typically
Translations (73)
es de costumbre (in the expected or customary manner) · de normalerweise (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · nl normaliter (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · nl gewoonlijk (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · bg обикновено (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · id biasanya (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · cmn 平常 (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · uk зазвича́й (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · hi सामान्यतः (in the expected or customary manner) · ka ნორმალურად (in the expected or customary manner) · ca normalment (in the expected or customary manner) · lv normāli (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · kk әншейінде (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · cmn 平時 /平时 (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · ko 보통 (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · fi normaalisti (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · la normaliter (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · cmn 正規地 /正规地 (in the expected or customary manner) · lv parasti (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · nl normaal gezien (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · ru обычно (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · ajp عادةً (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · nl normaal (in the expected or customary manner) · nl normaal gesproken (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · eo norme (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · ro în mod normal (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · nl normaal (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · hu rendszerint (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · uk зазвича́й (in the expected or customary manner) · ar عَادَةً (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · eo kutime (in the expected or customary manner) · fr normalement (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · cmn 按理 (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · ka ჩვეულებრივ (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · tr normalde (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · fr normalement (in the expected or customary manner) · es normalmente (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · uk як за́вжди (in the expected or customary manner) · es de costumbre (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · af gewoonlik (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · ru как обычно (in the expected or customary manner) · cmn 通常 (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · cmn 一般 (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · hu általában (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · hu normálisan (in the expected or customary manner) · km ធម្មតា (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · vi thường (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · vi bình thường (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · et tavaliselt (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · ka როგორც წესი (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · fi normaalisti (in the expected or customary manner) · es normalmente (in the expected or customary manner) · el κανονικά (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · it normalmente (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · kk әдетінше (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · ajp بالعادة (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · yue 平時 /平时 (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · eo normale (in the expected or customary manner) · tr normal bir şekilde (in the expected or customary manner) · nl gewoon (in the expected or customary manner) · kk әдетте (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · fi yleensä (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · ro de obicei (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · nl normalerwijze (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · pt normalmente (in the expected or customary manner) · vi thông thường (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · et normaalselt (in the expected or customary manner) · de normal (in the expected or customary manner) · cmn 正常地 (in the expected or customary manner) · hi सामान्यतः (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · pt normalmente (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · ca normalment (under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time) · fi tavalliseen tapaan (in the expected or customary manner)