usually

[yoo-zhoo-uh-lee, yoozh-wuh-lee] / ˈyu ʒu ə li, ˈyuʒ 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

Example Sentences

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Mercedes said the comments against Antonelli marked a "1,100% increase in the abuse we sadly usually see on a Sunday of a race weekend".

From BBC

He says he is now losing more each month than he usually makes in a year.

From Los Angeles Times

Sprawl is usually cast as an L.A. negative, but it was good for art.

From Los Angeles Times

But because she’s telling the worst men what they want to hear, Stuckey has created space for herself to live out the usually male role of being the pompous bully who will brook no dissent.

From Salon

Pupils from Hampton Vale usually travel to Whittlesey to use a pool there, which Mr Collins said was "costing more than the lessons and needs about five members of staff".

From BBC

usually

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