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usually

[yoo-zhoo-uh-lee, yoozh-wuh-lee] / ˈyu ʒu ə li, ˈyuʒ wə li /
ADVERB
for the most part
Synonyms
STRONGEST
commonly consistently customarily frequently generally mostly normally occasionally ordinarily regularly routinely sometimes
WEAK
as a rule as is the custom as is usual as usual by and large habitually in the main mainly more often than not most often now and again now and then on the whole once and again
Antonyms
STRONGEST
infrequently never rarely seldom sometimes uncommonly
WEAK
exceptionally unusually

Example Sentences

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That doubt usually vanishes once it becomes a “he said, they said” case.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2026

That usually requires either earning more, spending less or pulling from savings in a structured way.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Across the UK, 1.5m homes are heated by oil, usually a kind of kerosene burned in a boiler to heat water for radiators and hot water.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

These are results investors can believe in, given that Deckers could command strong pricing power—and that it usually beats expectations.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

But it’s usually the good-looking jocks who attract her attention.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith