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

• normally
• typically

Examples of usually in a Sentence

we usually go out to eat on Fridays

Recent Examples on the Web

Reid is also meticulous with focusing on details, and Kansas City is usually better in this area than its opponents. —Jesse Newell, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025

Add Mulch Garlic usually doesn’t need to be watered in autumn as rainfall is abundant at this time of the year. —Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025

It is usually diagnosed later in life. —Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 6 Sep. 2025

Although several of the film’s surprises are predictable — usually just moments before the reversal comes — no one is likely to figure out Rahim’s connection to the bomb. —Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above