usually
adverb /ˈjuː.ʒu.ə.li/Definition
A2 in the way that most often happens: He usually gets home about six o'clock. I usually just have a sandwich for lunch. Is your friend usually so rude? Usually we go to France in August. "Does this shop open on Sundays?" "Usually."Habitual and customary
(Definition of usually adverb 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
- normally adverb
- ordinarily adverb
- prevail verb
- pro forma adjective, adverb
- regulation adjective
- surprise, surprise idiom
- territory noun (SUBJECT)
- the rule idiom
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