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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While the operator usually calls at more than 100 stations, it said that the only route expecting a "near-normal" service was between Peterborough, Cambridge and Stansted Airport.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

"The president and Cabinet members, they really made it happen," Denker said, citing work done in seven months that usually takes two years to complete.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

In practice though, this isn’t usually so easy or simple.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

Kevin Jonas also shared one way the podcast has shifted the tour logistics: “We usually have three separate rooms, but now we’re like, ‘We need the podcast room.’

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

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

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

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