usual

[yoo-zhoo-uhl, yoozh-wuhl] / ˈyu ʒu əl, ˈyuʒ wəl /

ADJECTIVE

common, typical

Synonyms

STRONGEST

constant conventional current customary everyday expected familiar frequent natural normal prevailing regular routine

WEAK

accepted accustomed average chronic commonplace cut-and-dried fixed garden variety general grind habitual mainstream matter-of-course ordinary plain plastic prevalent quotidian rife run-of-the-mill so-so standard stock typic unremarkable vanilla white-bread wonted workaday

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abnormal different eccentric foreign inconstant infrequent irregular new occasional original rare strange uncommon unconventional unfamiliar unsteady unusual

WEAK

atypical

Example Sentences

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As usual, Cuba says it’s ready to talk, and the words “opening” and “reform” float around.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sitting down to watch an episode of her favourite soap, Amanda Grey couldn't help but feel that EastEnders looked more familiar than usual.

From BBC

Yet at the Olympics, it seemed that he would have to change his usual routine in the men's singles because of a copyright issue.

From BBC

"We looked at muscle, brain, liver -- all the usual suspects -- but nothing in these organs could explain what was happening."

From Science Daily

"It was different than the usual encounters I have with my Palestinian artist friends; there was this unbinding connection, because we don't know if we're going to see each other" again, he said.

From Barron's

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