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1: belonging to a religious order2 a: formed, built, arranged, or ordered according to some established rule, law, principle, or type b
(1): both equilateral and equiangular <a regular polygon>
(2): having faces that are congruent regular polygons and all the polyhedral angles congruent <a regular polyhedron> cof a flower : having the arrangement of floral parts exhibiting radial symmetry with members of the same whorl similar in form3 a: orderly
, methodical <regular habits> b: recurring, attending, or functioning at fixed, uniform, or normal intervals <a regular income> <a regular churchgoer> <regular bowel movements>4 a: constituted, conducted, scheduled, or done in conformity with established or prescribed usages, rules, or discipline b: normal
, standard : as
(1): absolute
, complete <a regular fool> <the office seemed like a regular madhouse>
(2): thinking or behaving in an acceptable, normal, or agreeable manner <was a regular guy> c
(1): conforming to the normal or usual manner of inflection
(2): weak 7 dof a postage stamp : issued in large numbers over a long period for general use in prepayment of postage5: of, relating to, or constituting the permanent standing military force of a state <the regular army> <regular soldiers>
synonyms regular
, normal
, typical
, natural mean being of the sort or kind that is expected as usual, ordinary, or average. regular stresses conformity to a rule, standard, or pattern <the club's regular monthly meeting>. normal implies lack of deviation from what has been discovered or established as the most usual or expected <normal behavior for a two-year-old>. typical implies showing all important traits of a type, class, or group and may suggest lack of strong individuality <a typical small town>. natural applies to what conforms to a thing's essential nature, function, or mode of being <the natural love of a mother for her child>.
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