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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The Ukrainian leader, who usually makes foreign trips from the Polish airport of Rzeszów chose this week to fly to the UK via Moldova.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

However, this time one of the usually more bullish strategy boutiques thinks that the latest gains will not be sustained and further weakness in equities is likely.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

For the poor teen, “choice” is usually the wrong word, because the teenagers who most need a summer job are the ones who can’t find one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Bell: I catch usually about 10 minutes of whatever my wife has fallen asleep to.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Mom and Dad didn’t usually cave in to Katherine like that.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

usually

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