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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The song is usually more spoken than sung, but Kirk infuses it with melody and soul.

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I’m wondering what people usually do for their kids or grandchildren.

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Midterms usually are a snooze for American voters and global observers.

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“There usually is an uptick of people returning equipment that they bought in a frenzy of New Year’s resolutions,” says Greg Mullis, the company’s director of corporate operations.

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As you probably know, real estate is all about location, which means it’s usually the land, not the home, that goes up in value.

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