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

Fecht is the one who usually checks down to those big run plays that have led to gaudy numbers for Riley and Williams. — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026

The only surefire way to protect your information may simply be to decline the terms of service, usually one of the first steps required before accessing telehealth. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

In Huit’s photographs, the rooms, usually open to the outside world, are sparsely furnished, with only a few essential objects — a typewriter, a vase, and elsewhere, a lamp and a table. — Denni Hu, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2026

The fact that this song has connected with fans on its own merits, apart from any boost from an anime work, is notably different from the way other artists are usually received abroad. — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above