usually

adverb

usu·​al·​ly ˈyü-zhə-wə-lē 

-zhə-lē;

ˈyüzh-wə-lē,

ˈyüzh-lē

: according to the usual or ordinary course of things : most often : as a rule : customarily, ordinarily

a trip that usually takes an hour

a time of year when the weather is usually hot

On weekdays, I usually biked alone around San Francisco.

—Oliver Sacks

To establish a new epoch, geologists usually have to find clear evidence in the rock record of a massive, planet-altering shift.

—Gayathri Vaidyanathan

Celebrity outbursts are usually so outrageous that the average person can't really relate to them.

—Kyra Kyles

These chemicals usually do not kill the insects: a plant does not care whether predators die; it just wants them to go away and not come back.

—Mark P. Mattson

Synonyms

• commonly
• generally
• natch [slang]
• naturally
• normally
• ordinarily
• typically

Examples of usually in a Sentence

we usually go out to eat on Fridays

Recent Examples on the Web

That step is usually missing – as a result, most predictive AI projects fail. —Eric Siegel, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025

Vinicius Jr usually imitates Mbappe’s celebration when the Frenchman scores and this gesture was another sign that the dressing room’s health is intact. —Mario Cortegana, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025

Racked by turbulence due to Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the usually powerful and independent Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney’s office declined comment Monday on the latest filing by Combs’ lawyers. —Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Feb. 2025

In rare cases, melanoma can also lead to these changes, usually darkening the hair in the affected area. —Angela Haupt, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above