usually
//ˈjuːʒʊəli//
Forms
- Comparative
- more usually
- Superlative
- most usually
Definitions
1.Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.
- Except for one or two days a year, he usually walks to work.
2.Under normal conditions.
- What do you usually do on Sundays?
- I usually do my shopping at this supermarket.
- I usually went to bed at ten in my school days.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #786
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English usualli, equivalent to usual + -ly.
Broadly displaced native Old English ġewunelīċe (from which English wontly).