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routinely

[roo-teen-lee] / ruˈtin li /
ADVERB
usually
Synonyms
STRONGEST
commonly consistently customarily frequently generally habitually normally occasionally often ordinarily regularly sometimes typically
WEAK
as a rule as is the custom as is usual as usual by and large in the main mainly more often than not most often mostly naturally now and again now and then on the whole once and again per usual
Antonyms
STRONGEST
infrequently never rarely seldom sometimes uncommonly

Example Sentences

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Meanwhile, student athletes are routinely playing for two, three or four different schools during their collegiate years.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

NHS England data shows the annual and monthly mean response times for category one call-outs are routinely above its own target.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Nicolas Krusek routinely shows “Ballet Reign” episodes in his classes for adults on ballet history at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

He once dredged up 17 rings in a single day by sweeping the ocean bottom in a spot where tourists, well into their tequila sunrises, routinely launch themselves off catamarans, their fingers slick with sunscreen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Focused on winning in Tokyo in 1940, he smashed record after record at multiple distances and routinely buried his competition by giant margins, once winning a race by one hundred yards.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.