regularly
//ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.lə.li//
Forms
- Comparative
- more regularly
- Superlative
- most regularly
Definitions
1.With constant frequency or pattern.
- We regularly buy lottery tickets from the corner store.
- Wax models of the pudenda of both sexes were regularly placed before the altar.
- Promontory's "last spike" ceremony was so significant to the USA's history that it is still regularly re-enacted today, using replica locomotives that nose up to each other just as the originals did.
2.normally; ordinarily.
- The period of life at which initiation takes place is regularly puberty.
- Noemi decided to dress regularly for the party, instead of going for an outrageous outfit.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3018
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
Etymology tree
English regular
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English regularly
From regular + -ly.