Standard Lemma guide

usually

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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  • Canada, Received-Pronunciation, US: /ˈjuːʒʊəli/
  • Canada, Received-Pronunciation, US: /ˈjuːʒli/
  • Canada, Received-Pronunciation, US: /ˈjuːʒəli/
  • US: /ˈju.ʒu.(ə.)li/
  • US: /ˈju.ʒə.li/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈjʉːʒʊə.li/
  • South-Asia: /ˈjuʒ(ʊ)wəli/
  • CMU ARPABET: Y UW1 ZH AH0 W AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: Y UW1 ZH AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Except for one or two days a year, he usually walks to work.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

Under normal conditions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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, unremarkably, commonly, ordinarily

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English usualli, equivalent to usual + -ly. Broadly displaced native Old English ġewunelīċe (from which English wontly).

Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: gewoonlik — most of the time
  • Arabic: عَادَةً (ʕādatan) — most of the time
  • Armenian: սովորաբար (sovorabar) — most of the time
  • Azerbaijani: adətən — most of the time
  • Azerbaijani: bir qayda olaraq — most of the time
  • Bashkir: ғәҙәттә (ğəźəttə) — most of the time
  • Bengali: সাধারণ ভাবে (śadharon bhabe) — most of the time
  • Breton: peurvuiañ — most of the time
  • Breton: peurliesañ — most of the time
  • Bulgarian: обикновено (obiknoveno) — most of the time
  • Catalan: normalment — most of the time
  • Chinese Cantonese: 平時 /平时 (ping4 si4) — most of the time
  • Chinese Mandarin: 通常 (tōngcháng) — most of the time
  • Ngazidja Comorian: eaghâlaɓu — most of the time
  • Crimean Tatar: esasen — most of the time
  • Crimean Tatar: adetince — most of the time
  • Crimean Tatar: çoqu — most of the time
  • Czech: obvykle — most of the time
  • Danish: som regel — most of the time
  • Danish: sædvanligvis — most of the time
  • Dutch: meestal — most of the time
  • Dutch: gewoonlijk — most of the time
  • Esperanto: kutime — most of the time
  • Esperanto: komune — most of the time
  • Estonian: tavaliselt — most of the time
  • Estonian: harilikult — most of the time
  • Finnish: yleensä — most of the time
  • Finnish: tavallisesti — most of the time
  • Finnish: useimmiten — most of the time
  • French: généralement — most of the time
  • French: habituellement — most of the time
  • French: d'habitude — most of the time
  • French: normalement — most of the time
  • French: usuellement — most of the time
  • Galician: usualmente — most of the time
  • Georgian: ჩვეულებრივ (čveulebriv) — most of the time
  • German: gewöhnlich — most of the time
  • Greek: συνήθως (syníthos) — most of the time
  • Hebrew: בדרך כלל — most of the time
  • Hindi: सामान्यतः (sāmānyataḥ) — most of the time
  • Hungarian: általában — most of the time
  • Hungarian: rendszerint — most of the time
  • Icelandic: oftast — most of the time
  • Ido: maxim-multa-kaze — most of the time
  • Indonesian: biasanya — most of the time
  • Irish: go hiondúil — most of the time
  • Old Irish: do gnáth — most of the time
  • Italian: di solito — most of the time
  • Italian: generalmente — most of the time
  • Italian: solitamente — most of the time
  • Japanese: 通常 (tsūjō) — most of the time
  • Japanese: たいてい (taitei) — most of the time
  • Kapampangan: keraklan — most of the time
  • Latvian: parasti — most of the time
  • Lithuanian: paprastai — most of the time
  • Navajo: łeh — most of the time
  • Norman: de couteume — most of the time
  • Norwegian: vanligvis — most of the time
  • Old English: ġewunelīċe — most of the time
  • Persian: معمولاً (ma'mulan) — most of the time
  • Plautdietsch: derchwajch — most of the time
  • Polish: zwykle — most of the time
  • Polish: zazwyczaj — most of the time
  • Portuguese: geralmente — most of the time
  • Romanian: de obicei — most of the time
  • Romanian: în general — most of the time
  • Russian: обы́чно (obýčno) — most of the time
  • Scottish Gaelic: mar as trice — most of the time
  • Scottish Gaelic: mar bu trice — most of the time
  • Serbo-Croatian: obično — most of the time
  • Spanish: usualmente — most of the time
  • Swahili: kwa kawaida — most of the time
  • Swedish: vanligtvis — most of the time
  • Telugu: మామూలుగా (māmūlugā) — most of the time
  • Telugu: సాధారణంగా (sādhāraṇaṅgā) — most of the time
  • Turkish: genellikle — most of the time
  • Turkish: genelde — most of the time
  • Ukrainian: зазвича́й (zazvyčáj) — most of the time
  • Urdu: عام طور پر (āmm taur par) — most of the time
  • Uzbek: odatda — most of the time
  • Welsh: fel arfer — most of the time
  • Zazaki: degmesi — most of the time
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