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

California sea lions don’t usually exceed more than 850 pounds and 7 feet in length. —Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026

The film also gives us a lot of star-fan cameos — this is usually a bad sign, but managed well enough here. —Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026

These fleeting phases, which usually vanish before the final product is formed, offer unique properties and structures that are impossible to create using standard methods. —Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026

Working with predominantly Latino families, Barba said the nine-week intervention, which usually consists of six to 10 community members, became a way to help people deal with fear arising from the immigration enforcement activities happening in Lake County as well as throughout the Chicago area. —Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above