usually

adverb

usu·​al·​ly ˈyü-zhə-wə-lē 

-zhə-lē;

ˈyüzh-wə-lē, 

ˈyüzh-lē

: according to the usual or ordinary course of things : most often : as a rule : customarily, ordinarily

a trip that usually takes an hour

a time of year when the weather is usually hot

On weekdays, I usually biked alone around San Francisco.

—Oliver Sacks

To establish a new epoch, geologists usually have to find clear evidence in the rock record of a massive, planet-altering shift.

—Gayathri Vaidyanathan

Celebrity outbursts are usually so outrageous that the average person can't really relate to them.

—Kyra Kyles

These chemicals usually do not kill the insects: a plant does not care whether predators die; it just wants them to go away and not come back.

—Mark P. Mattson

Synonyms of usually

• normally
• typically

Examples of usually in a Sentence

we usually go out to eat on Fridays

Recent Examples on the Web

Meals are usually eaten at a slower pace. —Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026

Industrial coffee tables usually have hard lines, an edgy aesthetic and strong metal elements. —Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026

That is usually where things slow down. —Matthew Kayser, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026

But undoing all the price gains since late February hinges on getting oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz again, a key waterway through which 20% of the world’s oil usually transits. —Matt Egan, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above