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habitually adv.
mostly adv.
routinely adv.
typically adv.
usually adv.

ADVERB

habitually

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commonly customarily

WEAK

as a rule as is the custom as is usual as usual by and large consistently frequently generally in the main mainly more often than not mostly naturally normally now and again now and then occasionally oft

ADVERB

mostly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chiefly essentially frequently largely often particularly predominantly principally regularly usually

WEAK

above all almost entirely as a rule customarily for the most part in many instances many times on the whole overall primarily

Antonyms

STRONGEST

infrequently rarely seldom

ADVERB

routinely

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 mostly naturally now and again now and then on the whole once and again per usual

Antonyms

STRONGEST

infrequently never rarely seldom sometimes uncommonly

ADVERB

typically

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commonly consistently customarily frequently generally mostly naturally normally occasionally often ordinarily regularly routinely sometimes

WEAK

as a rule as is the custom as is usual as usual by and large habitually in the main mainly more often than not now and again now and then on the whole once and again per usual

Antonyms

STRONGEST

infrequently never rarely seldom sometimes uncommonly

ADVERB

usually

Synonyms

STRONGEST

commonly consistently customarily frequently generally mostly normally occasionally ordinarily regularly routinely sometimes

WEAK

as a rule as is the custom as is usual as usual by and large habitually in the main mainly more often than not now and again now and then on the whole once and again

Antonyms

STRONGEST

infrequently never rarely seldom sometimes uncommonly

WEAK

exceptionally unusually

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most often

But critics say that only the small-time players ever get arrested, with the ringleaders most often getting off scot-free.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Sweeney knows the end of a Rugby World Cup cycle, when moves are made and the coaching carousel hits full speed, is when those plans are most often tested.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

You see in him what you want, most often a distorted version of yourself.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

Many of the galleries are devoted to the type of work most often seen in “special exhibits” — children’s books, manga and the sci-fi/fantasy works of Frazetta.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

In his face there came to be a brooding peace that is seen most often in the faces of the very sorrowful or the very wise.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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