Standard Lemma guide

normally

adv · 5 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnɔː.mə.li/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈnɔɹ.mə.li/
  • dialectal: /ˈnɔ.mə.li/ of the US
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈnoː.mə.li/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: N AO1 R M AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: N AO1 R M L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Normally, I eat breakfast at 6am, but today, I got up late and didn't eat until 9.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

In the expected or customary manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Lisa ate normally, until she realised that she was late for choir, when she sped up.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

To a usual or customary extent or degree.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He was abnormally agitated, she only normally so.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adv

Meaning 4

In the manner of a variable with a Gaussian distribution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adverb

Meaning 5

under normal conditions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • usually she was late

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: usually, unremarkably, commonly, ordinarily

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh3- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h3sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn) Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor. Etruscanbor.? Latin norma Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōrmālisder. English normal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English normally From normal + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: gewoonlik — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Arabic: عَادَةً (ʕādatan) — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Arabic: عادةً (ʕādatan) — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Arabic: بالعادة (bil-ʕāde) — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Bulgarian: обикновено (obiknoveno) — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Catalan: normalment — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Chinese Cantonese: 平時 /平时 (ping4 si4) — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 平時 /平时 (píngshí) — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一般 (yībān) — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 通常 (tōngcháng) — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 平常 (píngcháng) — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 按理 (ànlǐ) — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Dutch: normaal — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Dutch: normaliter — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Dutch: normaal gesproken — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Dutch: normaal gezien — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Dutch: normalerwijze — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Dutch: gewoonlijk — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Esperanto: norme — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Estonian: tavaliselt — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Finnish: normaalisti — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Finnish: yleensä — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • French: normalement — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Georgian: როგორც წესი (rogorc c̣esi) — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Georgian: ჩვეულებრივ (čveulebriv) — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • German: normalerweise — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Greek: κανονικά (kanoniká) — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Hindi: सामान्यतः (sāmānyataḥ) — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Hungarian: általában — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Hungarian: rendszerint — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Indonesian: biasanya — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Italian: normalmente — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Kazakh: әдетте (ädette) — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Kazakh: әдетінше (ädetınşe) — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Kazakh: әншейінде (änşeiınde) — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Khmer: ធម្មតា (thŏəmmĕəʼdaa) — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Korean: 보통 (botong) — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Latin: normaliter — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Latvian: normāli — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Latvian: parasti — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Portuguese: normalmente — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Romanian: de obicei — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Romanian: în mod normal — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Russian: обычно (obyčno) — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Spanish: normalmente — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Spanish: de costumbre — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Turkish: normalde — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Ukrainian: зазвича́й (zazvyčáj) — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Vietnamese: thường — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Vietnamese: thông thường — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Vietnamese: bình thường — under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
  • Catalan: normalment — in the expected or customary manner
  • Chinese Mandarin: 正常地 (zhèngcháng de) — in the expected or customary manner
  • Chinese Mandarin: 正規地 /正规地 (zhèngguī de) — in the expected or customary manner
  • Dutch: normaal — in the expected or customary manner
  • Dutch: gewoon — in the expected or customary manner
  • Esperanto: kutime — in the expected or customary manner
  • Esperanto: normale — in the expected or customary manner
  • Estonian: normaalselt — in the expected or customary manner
  • Finnish: normaalisti — in the expected or customary manner
  • Finnish: tavalliseen tapaan — in the expected or customary manner
  • French: normalement — in the expected or customary manner
  • Georgian: ნორმალურად (normalurad) — in the expected or customary manner
  • German: normal — in the expected or customary manner
  • Hindi: सामान्यतः (sāmānyataḥ) — in the expected or customary manner
  • Hungarian: normálisan — in the expected or customary manner
  • Portuguese: normalmente — in the expected or customary manner
  • Russian: как обычно (kak obyčno) — in the expected or customary manner
  • Spanish: normalmente — in the expected or customary manner
  • Spanish: de costumbre — in the expected or customary manner
  • Turkish: normal bir şekilde — in the expected or customary manner
  • Ukrainian: зазвича́й (zazvyčáj) — in the expected or customary manner
  • Ukrainian: як за́вжди (jak závždy) — in the expected or customary manner
Real reading context

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