normal
adjective /ˈnɔː.məl/
/ˈnɔːr-/ Definition
A2 ordinary or usual; the same as would be expected: a normal working day Lively behaviour is normal for a four-year-old child. It's normal for couples to argue now and then. They were selling the goods at half the normal cost. The temperature was above/below normal for the time of year. Things are back to normal now that we've paid off all our debts.Habitual and customary
(Definition of normal adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- accustomed adjective
- all in a day's work idiom
- as a (general) rule idiom
- as a matter of course idiom
- as often as not idiom
- habitual adjective
- inveterate adjective
- knee-jerk adjective
- make it a rule idiom
- mechanical adjective (WITHOUT THOUGHT)
- mechanically adverb (WITHOUT THOUGHT)
- more often than not idiom
- ordinarily adverb
- prevail verb
- pro forma adjective, adverb
- regulation adjective
- surprise, surprise idiom
- territory noun (SUBJECT)
- the rule idiom
- trad adjective
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