routinely

adverb

rou·​tine·​ly rü-ˈtēn-lē 

ˈrü-ˌtēn-

: as a matter of regular occurrence

Airlines routinely sell tickets to more people than the plane can seat, counting on several people not to arrive.

—Andrew Victor

… he routinely slept with one arm dangling off the side of his bed and his feet kicked free of the sheets.

—Holly Black

Examples of routinely in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Having only lost seven of 146 European qualifiers over the previous three decades, Spain were routinely dispatched without Angus Gunn making one great save. — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 18 July 2026

Judges routinely order immigrants to be deported for missing court dates. — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026

Financial planners routinely advise most retirement savers to focus on two asset classes, stocks and bonds. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 18 July 2026

The best World Cup base camps have tended to be quiet ones, with squads that hole up in small towns and bond away from the spotlight routinely outlasting teams stationed amid bigger circuses. — Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for routinely

• cleanly
• greenly
• keenly
• meanly
• queenly