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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"It's usually what people are seeing on TV that sells well. Some years ago it was boiler suits from Squid Game, everyone wanted that," he added.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Johnson’s public comments are usually motivational gems such as “When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Rome's Gemelli hospital, north of the Vatican, is where popes are usually treated.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Short-term breadth readings only occasionally signal a pullback, and usually just a minor one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

“Would it help,” I ask him and my throat catches with the emotion I usually manage to stuff down.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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