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usually en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˈju.ʒu.(ə.)li/ (US)
  • /ˈjuʒ(ʊ)wəli/ (South-Asia)
  • /ˈjuːʒəli/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation, US)
  • /ˈjuːʒʊəli/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation, US)
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  • /ˈjʉːʒʊə.li/ (Australia)
  • /ˈju.ʒə.li/ (US)
  • /ˈjuːʒli/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation, US)

Etymology

From Middle English usualli, equivalent to usual + -ly. Broadly displaced native Old English ġewunelīċe (from which English wontly).

Meanings

  1. 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,[…]. 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
  2. Under normal conditions.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more usually Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most usually Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

forever · occasionally · uniformly

Deriveds

unusually

Hypernyms

mostly

Hyponyms

regularly

Relateds

frequently · use · frequency · often

Synonyms

regularly · mostly · on the whole · most often · normally · ordinarily · by and large · for the most part · mainly · routinely · generally (most of the time) · nine times out of ten · in general · customarily (under normal conditions) · commonly · wontedly · predominantly · most of the time · usually · typically · principally · as a rule · oftest · wontly · in the main · habitually · conventionally

Translations (83)

tr genelde (most of the time) · crh esasen (most of the time) · sv vanligtvis (most of the time) · el συνήθως (most of the time) · ar عَادَةً (most of the time) · cmn 通常 (most of the time) · az bir qayda olaraq (most of the time) · yue 平時 /平时 (most of the time) · sh obično (most of the time) · fi useimmiten (most of the time) · et tavaliselt (most of the time) · bn সাধারণ ভাবে (most of the time) · pt geralmente (most of the time) · it generalmente (most of the time) · fr habituellement (most of the time) · pl zazwyczaj (most of the time) · fr généralement (most of the time) · id biasanya (most of the time) · es usualmente (most of the time) · az adətən (most of the time) · ro de obicei (most of the time) · te సాధారణంగా (most of the time) · te మామూలుగా (most of the time) · cy fel arfer (most of the time) · ga go hiondúil (most of the time) · no vanligvis (most of the time) · fi yleensä (most of the time) · nl gewoonlijk (most of the time) · ca normalment (most of the time) · pl zwykle (most of the time) · ba ғәҙәттә (most of the time) · tr genellikle (most of the time) · lt paprastai (most of the time) · fr d'habitude (most of the time) · af gewoonlik (most of the time) · da som regel (most of the time) · fa معمولاً (most of the time) · io maxim-multa-kaze (most of the time) · gd mar bu trice (most of the time) · nv łeh (most of the time) · ja 通常 (most of the time) · ang ġewunelīċe (most of the time) · gd mar as trice (most of the time) · fi tavallisesti (most of the time) · fr normalement (most of the time) · br peurvuiañ (most of the time) · gl usualmente (most of the time) · hu rendszerint (most of the time) · hy սովորաբար (most of the time) · is oftast (most of the time) · bg обикновено (most of the time) · eo komune (most of the time) · hu általában (most of the time) · ka ჩვეულებრივ (most of the time) · de gewöhnlich (most of the time) · et harilikult (most of the time) · ja たいてい (most of the time) · hi सामान्यतः (most of the time) · sw kwa kawaida (most of the time) · fr usuellement (most of the time) · pdt derchwajch (most of the time) · uz odatda (most of the time) · it solitamente (most of the time) · zdj eaghâlaɓu (most of the time) · ru обы́чно (most of the time) · cs obvykle (most of the time) · lv parasti (most of the time) · nl meestal (most of the time) · br peurliesañ (most of the time) · ro în general (most of the time) · eo kutime (most of the time) · ur عام طور پر (most of the time) · nrf de couteume (most of the time) · it di solito (most of the time) · pam keraklan (most of the time) · crh çoqu (most of the time) · ar الاَكْثِرْ (most of the time) · he בדרך כלל (most of the time) · uk зазвича́й (most of the time) · crh adetince (most of the time) · zza degmesi (most of the time) · da sædvanligvis (most of the time) · sga do gnáth (most of the time)