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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usually

The thing about the joke candidates, though, is that they usually don’t get many votes.

From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026

El Nino weather conditions, which have developed this year, usually suppress Atlantic hurricane activity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Bezos has been linked with sports investment for some time, but usually American sports franchises which are either more expensive or not open to offers.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Because usually the way it works, the only person that gets the money really is the person at the end.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Their brain injuries usually follow surgery to remove a tumor from deep inside the frontal cortex.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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