Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- According to what is usual or customary; commonly; customarily; ordinarily.
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- adverb Most of the time; less than
always , but more thanoccasionally . - adverb Under normal conditions.
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- adverb under normal conditions
Etymologies
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Examples
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In fact the people that were chosen for management were usually total screwups and were dangerous around such equipment and aircraft..usually their day consisted of walking around asking the mechanics, “Are you done yet?” smoking cigarettes and generally just collecting a paycheck.
Think Progress » Under Fire, ABC Yanks Official Blog of 9/11 Docudrama 2006
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Tonight is my first sleepover, a term usually used by my seven-year-old daughters...
James Mejia: At Home in Denver -- My First Sleepover James Mejia 2011
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Tonight is my first sleepover, a term usually used by my seven-year-old daughters...
James Mejia: At Home in Denver -- My First Sleepover James Mejia 2011
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It was a one-hundred-dollar job that the label usually did for free.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
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It was a one-hundred-dollar job that the label usually did for free.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
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It was a one-hundred-dollar job that the label usually did for free.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
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Of course, in Scripture, the term usually does not refer to the literal blood pump.
They Smell Like Sheep Volume 2 Lynn Anderson 2007
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Of course, in Scripture, the term usually does not refer to the literal blood pump.
They Smell Like Sheep Volume 2 Lynn Anderson 2007
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The violence has prompted rare attention from Israeli leaders, who have begun to call the perpetrators "terrorists" - a term usually reserved for Palestinian militants.
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By AMY TEIBEL 2011
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The violence has prompted rare attention from Israeli leaders, who have begun to call the perpetrators "terrorists" - a term usually reserved for Palestinian militants.
The Seattle Times 2011
frangarnes commented on the word usually
Normalmente
October 20, 2007
seanahan commented on the word usually
Probably usualmente
October 20, 2007