Standard Lemma guide

commonly

adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈkɑmənli/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmənli/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K AA1 M AH0 N L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

As a rule; frequently; usually.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

In common; familiarly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

under normal conditions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • usually she was late

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: normally, usually, unremarkably, ordinarily

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English comunly; equivalent to common + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غالبا — as a rule; usually
  • Arabic: عَادَةً (ʕādatan) — as a rule; usually
  • Arabic: عُمُومًا (ʕumūman) — as a rule; usually
  • Armenian: սովորաբար (sovorabar) — as a rule; usually
  • Bashkir: ғәҙәттә (ğəźəttə) — as a rule; usually
  • Bulgarian: обичайно (običajno) — as a rule; usually
  • Catalan: comunament — as a rule; usually
  • Chinese Cantonese: 通常 — as a rule; usually
  • Chinese Cantonese: 普遍 (pou2 pin3) — as a rule; usually
  • Chinese Mandarin: 通常 (tōng cháng) — as a rule; usually
  • Czech: běžně — as a rule; usually
  • Esperanto: kutime — as a rule; usually
  • Esperanto: komune — as a rule; usually
  • Finnish: usein — as a rule; usually
  • Finnish: yleisesti — as a rule; usually
  • French: communément — as a rule; usually
  • French: fréquemment — as a rule; usually
  • Galician: comunmente — as a rule; usually
  • Georgian: ხშირად (xširad) — as a rule; usually
  • Georgian: ჩვეულებრივ (čveulebriv) — as a rule; usually
  • Georgian: როგორც წესი (rogorc c̣esi) — as a rule; usually
  • German: gewöhnlich — as a rule; usually
  • Hindi: सामान्यतः (sāmānyataḥ) — as a rule; usually
  • Italian: comunemente — as a rule; usually
  • Italian: frequentemente — as a rule; usually
  • Italian: spesso — as a rule; usually
  • Italian: normalmente — as a rule; usually
  • Italian: usualmente — as a rule; usually
  • Marathi: सर्वसाधारणपणे (sarvasādhārṇapṇe) — as a rule; usually
  • Marathi: सामान्यपणे (sāmānyapṇe) — as a rule; usually
  • Marathi: सामान्यतः (sāmānyataḥ) — as a rule; usually
  • Middle English: comunly — as a rule; usually
  • Norman: commeunement — as a rule; usually
  • Polish: powszechnie — as a rule; usually
  • Polish: zwykle — as a rule; usually
  • Portuguese: comumente — as a rule; usually
  • Russian: обы́чно (obýčno) — as a rule; usually
  • Russian: обыкнове́нно (obyknovénno) — as a rule; usually
  • Scots: commonly — as a rule; usually
  • Spanish: comúnmente — as a rule; usually
  • Swedish: vanligen — as a rule; usually
  • Turkish: sık sık — as a rule; usually
  • Turkish: sıkça — as a rule; usually
Real reading context

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