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

There have even been flaws in the usually flawless background Play System updates. —Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026

Signing with such a star-laden team tempers some of the pressure that usually comes with being the new big-money free agent in town. —Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 22 Jan. 2026

Neighbors say the area is usually filled with ducks, but the neighborhood has grown noticeably quieter since the attack. —Abby Dodge, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026

Like the heterosexual stories from the 1980s studied by Radway, MM romances are usually written by women, marketed towards women, and read by women. —Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above