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regularly /ˈrɛɡjələli /adverb1With a constant or definite pattern, especially with the same space between individual items: regularly spaced buildings leaves arranged regularly along the stem...- Like a network of interconnecting cubes, the crystalline lattice is composed of regularly arranged subunits.
- The roughly triangular holes are regularly arranged in a matrix.
- The skeletons were arranged regularly in radial rows.
2At uniform intervals of time: the reunion has taken place regularly every two years...- The soil should be tested regularly to determine these nutrient levels.
- Oil lubrication of the gear boxes is essential; bearings and seals should be checked regularly.
- The ponies need to be wormed and monitored regularly.
2.1Frequently: make a point of regularly consulting the noticeboard a regularly updated news page...- The chaplain at St Georges Church lays to rest the bodies of WW1 soldiers that are still regularly unearthed.
- The Qualitative Risk Assessment is updated regularly.
- The RSPCA is regularly requested to attend animals in danger from rising floodwaters.
3On a habitual basis; usually: the person who regularly cuts your hair...- We aim to build a base of customers who shop regularly at farmers markets.
- Instructors regularly ask students on the first day to indicate how many "really want to be here?"
- As he regularly reminds me, the most important job on a farm is the one that is not getting done!
4 Grammar In a way that follows the normal pattern of inflection: a regularly inflected plural noun...- The second type of participle, the past participle, is a little more complicated, since not all verbs form the past tense regularly.
- In noun compounds in English, the modifying noun may be singular (mouse-eater) or an irregularly inflected plural (mice-eater), but regularly inflected plurals are dispreferred (* rats-eater).
- Children have an innate understanding of a key feature of how noun-noun compounds are formed in English: they know that regularly inflected plurals cannot occur as the first (non-head) component of a compound, though irregular plurals can.
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