REGULARLY Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

regularly

adverb

Definition of regularly

as in frequently

in a frequent or repeated manner She walks her dogs regularly to keep them healthy.

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Recent Examples of regularly Presidents have regularly tested the confines of their office, pushing their security advisors to visit war zones as a show of American presence and their own leadership. — Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026 Mayor Bloomberg, regularly went out of town for long weekends but did not take a full week off during his three terms. — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026 Just as investors regularly review the performance of their financial assets, business owners should be asking whether their company is becoming more valuable over time. — Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Eating a healthy diet, managing your stress and exercising regularly are all considered good starting points. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for regularly

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Yet there’s also a growing inevitability to those clubs losing their stars to domestic rivals, an event occurring far more frequently than before and which further solidifies the hierarchical structure of English football.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Yet, according to Ries, the financial tools companies use to evaluate decisions frequently discourage investing in it because trust rarely appears on a balance sheet.

— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of frequently

Adverb

Constant said failure to appear charges, often due to the bus being late, a lack of childcare or permission to take the day off from work, are driving Connecticut’s pretrial population.

— Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
The danger comes as drivers hunt for limited street parking, often making their own way, and beachgoers cross four lanes of high-speed traffic.

— Laurie Perez, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of often

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Hughes says that miscarriage concerns are common for pregnant women and that doctors are constantly discussing risks and benefits with their patients.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Phones carry cyberbullying, group-chat disputes, read receipts and the pressure to remain constantly available.

— Kavin Bendre, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of constantly

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One of the most common mutations changes a single building block in KRAS, converting the normal protein into a form that continuously drives cell division.

— William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
The planner can continuously replan based on incoming commands, enabling interactive changes in direction, speed, and movement style without retraining the underlying policy.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of continuously

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Payton has talked routinely in camp about Coleman being further along than other first-year backs in his ability to grasp pass-protection responsibilities.

— Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Boards routinely commit millions of dollars to CEOs and other senior leaders through salary, equity, long-term incentive plans, retention packages, and other forms of executive compensation.

— Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of routinely

Adverb

And though some of these accessible murals, primarily located in South and West Side neighborhoods, continue to be periodically restored, other street masterpieces are endangered due to funding pressures, neglect and potential redevelopment.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
Maybe…by jumping into a shiny glowing globule that appears periodically.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of periodically

Adverb

Throughout the night, a massive cylindrical lighting-and-video rig loomed above the stage, descending toward the performers, rising into the rafters and continually changing the dimensions of the space around them.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 Aug. 2026
By continually altering reality, a government can disable the faculties of judgment and action on which political freedom depends.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

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