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

Examples of usually in a Sentence

we usually go out to eat on Fridays

Recent Examples on the Web

Larger electric grills and those meant for outdoor use usually have variable temperature controls. —Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025

But the Eagles utterly overwhelmed the Chiefs’ line in the title game and thus rendered the usually wizardly Mahomes mortal in a 40-22 blowout that saw Kansas City go scoreless until 34 seconds remained in the third quarter. —Mike Jones, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025

In the immediate aftermath, the shooting leaves Elsbeth’s son, Teddy (Ben Levi Ross), disillusioned enough to abandon his plans to follow her into law, and his usually unflappable mother is too traumatized to put up a fight in the matter. —Hunter Ingram, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025

To enable this feature: Open the Control Center on your iPhone (usually accessed by swiping down on your phone’s screen) Tap the Hearing icon Tap Live Listen Place the iPhone near the sound source (works up to 50 feet) AIRPODS PRO 2 VS. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above