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usually Definition


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usual
adj
    1. Done, happening, etc most often; customary.
      Example: took the usual route to work
      Thesaurus: ordinary, conventional, everyday, stock, typical, standard, familiar, common, normal, regular, frequent, expected; Antonym: unheard-of.
noun
    1. Something which is usual, customary, etc.
    2. colloq
      The thing regularly requested, done, etc, especially the drink that someone regularly or most often orders.
      Form: the usual (usually)
      Form: my usual
Derivative: usually
adverb
    Ordinarily; normally.
      Thesaurus: generally, ordinarily, normally, as a rule, by and large, on the whole, mostly, habitually, mainly, commonly, routinely, typically, chiefly; Antonym: rarely.
Derivative: usualness
noun
    Idiom: as usual
      As regularly happens; as is or was usual.
    Etymology: 14c: French, from Latin usus use.



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