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A1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈju.ʒu.(ə.)li/ UK /ˈjuːʒʊəli/ See IPA manual

Freq #1100

Meanings

1

adv
Most of the time; in the way things normally happen.

She usually takes the bus to work.

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Synonyms

1 adv · most of the time; in the... generally normally customarily

More commonly conventionally habitually mainly mostlyoftestordinarily predominantly principally regularly routinely

Opposites

forever occasionally uniformly

Word family

Related forms frequency frequently often use

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Etymology

From Middle English usualli, equivalent to usual + -ly. Displaced native Old English ġewunelīċe.

usualli Middle English

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Describing Qualities

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