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regularly

//ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.lə.li//

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

Note for regularly

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Forms

Comparative
more regularly
Superlative
most regularly

Definitions

  1. 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. 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

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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.

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