usuallyadv.
/ˈjuːʒʊəli/, /ˈjuːʒʊli/, U.S. /ˈjuʒ(əw)əli/ 1.
a. In a usual or wonted manner; according to customary, established, or frequent usage; commonly, customarily, ordinarily; as a rule.In frequent use from c1600.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adverb] > usually or customarily
i-wunelichec900
customlyc1386
familiarly1387
customably1395
customablea1400
accustomablyc1475
usually1477
naturally1526
wontedly1567
customarily1576
accustomarily1577
accustomedly1607
1477 Rolls of Parl. VI. 191/2 All the Membres usuelly called to the forseid Parlementes.
1485 Yorks. Archaeol. Soc., Rec. Ser. 41 1 [He] awaytid vpon hym thyder according as he vsually dyde.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Fi The most vile meate that is vsually ordayned for beestes.
1587 in Southampton Court Leet Rec. (1906) ii. 262 Emery lake doth vsually delyver his key of the lynnen hawle to straungers at all dayes.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 331 b Through their excellencie in horsemanship they vsually made the victorie..to be certaine.
1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 203 If thy letters be so short, as usually they are.
1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses 10 The Keeper of this observation was usually call'd..by the mystical Name Oath.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 17. ⁋2 The Ornaments which are usually given to the Actions of the Great.
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xii. 112 One of those observations I usually made to impress my wife.
1825 W. Scott Betrothed xv, in Tales Crusaders I. 290 The blessings which are usually bestowed on a departing kinswoman.
1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 174/1 Palms are woody plants, usually trees, with simple stems.
1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 66 Even a successful strike usually occasions loss.
b. In the phrase than usually (now only as in quot. 1875), †as usually. Cf. usual adj. 4d.
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a1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 303 A very large payr of stayres, round, without any Stepps or degrees as usualy.
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. i. iii. 22 The Summer of 1708, part of which..was much colder than usually.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xv. iii. 211 The Company behaved as usually on these Occasions. View more context for this quotation
1805 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 13 107 It absorbs this substance more eagerly from the surface of the body than usually.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 38 The mind of man has been more than usually active in thinking about man.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adverb] > according to rule or standard
formlyc1374
rulefully?c1400
rulilyc1443
rulely?a1450
orderly1465
regularly1502
naturally1526
ordinately1549
usually1573
orthodoxly1641
regular1704
standardly1913
1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 7 To walke thy pastures vsually, to spie ill neighbours suttlety.
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 233 He would not have so weighty a matter tumultuously and rashly done, but vsually and orderly.
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