usuallyadverb
uk/ˈjuː.ʒu.ə.li/us/ˈjuː.ʒu.ə.li/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 skiing in February.
"Do you cook your own meals in the evenings?" "Usually."
More examples
- Dictionaries are usually printed on thin paper.
- The 6 p.m. train is usually very crowded.
- I usually do the weekly shop on a Monday.
- The children usually stay with their grandparents for a week in the summer.
- She doesn't usually take part in any of the class activities.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Habitual and customary
- accustomed
- all in a day's work idiom
- as a (general) rule idiom
- as a matter of course idiom
- as per usual/normal idiom
- expect
- more
- more often than not idiom 1
- more often than not
- natural
- naturally
- nine
- prevail
- pro forma
- rule
- rule
- surprise
- surprise, surprise idiom
- trad
- usu
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