Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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Those best suited to private-market investing are usually long-term, sophisticated investors who don’t mind taking on quite a bit of risk, they noted.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

While IBM’s scale and diversification usually reduce volatility, shares popped when the company unveiled its road map to achieve fault-tolerant quantum supercomputing by 2029.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

It also suggests that people usually think they are a lot better at spotting fakes than they actually are, she said.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Windsor usually gets about 50 inches of rain a year.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

He didn’t even relish the way it rhymed, as he usually did.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

usually

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