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

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"This one is called Nuri… If you call them by their name, usually they know, because you are together with them since they were born."

From BBC

It isn’t foolproof, but it usually flags at least a few inaccuracies.

From The Wall Street Journal

One big knock-on effect is an increase in interest rates, which usually rise in tandem with oil prices.

From MarketWatch

There was just one problem, write Robert O’Connell and Laine Higgins: Johnston, a senior shooting guard for High Point University, is usually forbidden from attempting a shot anywhere near the rim.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some passengers have given gift cards to TSA supervisors, but few workers usually get one because there aren’t enough to go around, Jones said.

From The Wall Street Journal

usually

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