routinely

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ruˈtinli/ UK /ruːˈtiːnli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
as a regular or habitual practice

The machines are routinely inspected for safety faults.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · as a regular or habitual... regularly habitually customarily ordinarily usually normally

Opposites

rarely occasionally exceptionally

Word family

Related forms routine route

Etymology

From routine + -ly, from French routine, from route ('way, path'), from Latin rupta (via) ('broken way'), from rumpere ('to break').

route Middle English rumpere Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# routinely

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ruˈtinli/
**IPA (UK):** /ruːˈtiːnli/

## Meanings
1. as a regular or habitual practice

## Examples
- The machines are routinely inspected for safety faults.

## Synonyms
- regularly
- habitually
- customarily
- ordinarily
- usually
- normally

## Antonyms
- rarely
- occasionally
- exceptionally

## Related Forms
- routine
- route

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: route
- Root: rumpere

## Etymology
From routine + -ly, from French routine, from route ('way, path'), from Latin rupta (via) ('broken way'), from rumpere ('to break').

## AI Etymology
Routinely comes from routine + -ly, from French routine, from route ('way, path'), from Latin rupta (via) ('broken way'), from rumpere ('to break'). The historical trail runs through French route and Latin rumpere. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. In modern use it means as a regular or habitual practice. Related forms include routine, route.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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