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

• commonly
• generally
• natch [slang]
• naturally
• normally
• ordinarily
• typically

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above