Dictionary

regularly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.li/ (UK)
• /ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.lə.li/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• regʹyo͝oləli (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.lɚ.li/ (General-American)
• regʹyələrli (General-American)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English regular 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 regularly From regular + -ly.

Meanings

1. With constant frequency or pattern.
   • We regularly buy lottery tickets from the corner store.
   • Wax models of the pudenda of both sexes were regularly placed before the altar. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 228:
   • Promontory's "last spike" ceremony was so significant to the USA's history that it is still regularly re-enacted today, using replica locomotives that nose up to each other just as the originals did. 2025 November 12, Tony Streeter, “All around the world”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 42:
2. normally; ordinarily.
   • The period of life at which initiation takes place is regularly puberty. 1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 358:
   • Noemi decided to dress regularly for the party, instead of going for an outrageous outfit.

Forms

Deriveds

unregularly

Synonyms

routinely · as a rule (normally)

Translations (41)

fr régulièrement (with constant frequency) · pl regularnie (with constant frequency) · fi säännöllisesti (with constant frequency) · pl systematycznie (with constant frequency) · de regulär (with constant frequency) · de regelmäßig (normally, ordinarily) · ca regularment (with constant frequency) · cs pravidelně (with constant frequency) · sv regelbundet (with constant frequency) · es comúnmente (normally, ordinarily) · bg нормално (normally, ordinarily) · et regulaarselt (with constant frequency) · fi yleensä (normally, ordinarily) · fr fréquemment (with constant frequency) · oc regularament (with constant frequency) · my မှန်မှန် (with constant frequency) · ru обы́чно (normally, ordinarily) · fr ordinairement (normally, ordinarily) · hu rendszeresen (with constant frequency) · sv vanligtvis (normally, ordinarily) · hu szabályosan (normally, ordinarily) · be рэгуля́рна (with constant frequency) · pl normalnie (normally, ordinarily) · bg обичайно (normally, ordinarily) · el τακτικά (with constant frequency) · es regularmente (with constant frequency) · ru регуля́рно (with constant frequency) · uk регуля́рно (with constant frequency) · pl typowo (normally, ordinarily) · sv vanligen (normally, ordinarily) · mi riterite (with constant frequency) · bg редовно (with constant frequency) · ca regularment (normally, ordinarily) · pt regularmente (with constant frequency) · pt normalmente (normally, ordinarily) · eo regule (with constant frequency) · gl normalmente (normally, ordinarily) · fr normalement (normally, ordinarily) · fi tavallisesti (normally, ordinarily) · bg регулярно (with constant frequency) · gl regularmente (with constant frequency)