Definitions

usually

[yoo-zhoo-uh-lee, yoozh-wuh-lee] / ˈju ʒu ə li, ˈjuʒ wə li /

ADVERB

for the most part

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 most often 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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Retitling a house usually involves a lawyer, because it has to be recorded properly, and there are liabilities involved if it is not.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

F1 drivers' contracts usually have clauses in them forbidding them from doing 'dangerous sports', such as skiing or scuba diving, although not every driver's contract is the same.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Although McDaniel’s offenses usually feature eye-popping aerial attacks, he also loves to run the ball.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Songs, art and literature that shaped the inner lives of history’s actors are usually overlooked while politics, war and social change appear to drive the national story.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Cleveland’s largest newspaper, the Plain Dealer, usually supportive of spirit investigation, this time suggested that Benjamin’s spirit, “shut up until you have something to offer worth listening to.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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