almost always

ADVERB

generally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

broadly commonly customarily largely mostly normally ordinarily publicly roughly typically universally usually widely

WEAK

about all in all altogether approximately as a rule by and large chiefly conventionally en masse extensively for the most part habitually on average on the whole overall popularly practically predominantly primarily principally regularly roundly thereabouts

Antonyms

STRONGEST

rarely sometimes unusually

WEAK

exactly particularly seldom specifically

Example Sentences

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It’s also a no-brainer: Shareholders might wonder whether to wait and see what happens when a normal corporate savior shows up, but it’s almost always best to just sell your shares to Chad.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

Hospitals, which are almost always in need of funds, figure that you may have enough #gratitude after your treatment to dip into your pockets.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026

“New computers almost always begin as something that just a few people can really afford,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

"But they almost always make for a hot year and big changes in rainfall in parts of the globe."

From Science Daily • Jun. 15, 2026

Architecture’s parameters are defined by utilitarian function and structural system, but there is almost always an aesthetic component as well, even when it consists of nothing more than a decorative veneer.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

almost always

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