Usually

Definition: Usually

Usually

Adverb

1. Under normal conditions; "usually she was late".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "usually" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Usually

Impulse

As a rule, for the most part; usually, generally, typically; Adjective: most often, most frequently.

Crosswords: Usually

What kind of music do you usually have here (The Blues Brothers; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd and John Landis.)

Do you find that this approach usually works (Trainspotting; writing credit: John Hodge. Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh.)

I thought men like you were usually called a fruit (Clue; writing credit: Jonathan Lynn.)

They usually don't make cars named after rodents (Dr. Dolittle 2; writing credit: Larry Levin)

Okay, you usually take it black (Men in Black II; writing credit: Lowell Cunningham; Robert Gordon)

Usually you could find me (Jumpin', Jumpin' (So So Def Remix); performing artist: Destiny's Child)

You know where it ends, yo, it usually depends on where you start (What It's Like; performing artist: Everlast)

Yeah, it's usually packed here on Friday nights (The Chair; performing artist: George Strait)

And they usually got a name that's hard to say, ya heard me (Ghetto Girls; performing artist: Lil Bow Wow)

And it's usually quite loud (Our House; performing artist: Madness)

It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. (references; author: Mark Twain)

When a mouse laughs at a cat, there's usually a hole nearby. (references; author: Arabian Proverb)

Those with the best advice usually offer no advice. (references; author: unknown)

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. (references; author: unknown)

The horn of plenty is usually the one behind you in traffic! (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Anything Can Happen in High School: (And It Usually Does (And It Usually Does) (reference)

• It Usually Begins With Ayn Rand (reference)

• Jonah and the Pirates Who Usually Don't Do Anything (VeggieTales Series) (reference)

• Living from the sea : memories of shoreside life in the days when fishermen's nets were often full, but their pockets usually empty (reference)

• The Customer Is Usually Wrong!: Contrary to What You'Ve Been Told...What You Know to Be True! (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Niandra Lades & Usually Just a (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Seen is a normal mole, with no change in size. Usually less than 6mm. Part of the ABCDs for detection of melanoma. See artwork: WYNTK-15b. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Tends to arise from pre-malignant lesions, actinic keratoses; surface is usually scaley and often ulcerates (as shown here). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

This chancre is located on the posterior vaginal fourchette (where labia minora meet). The primary stage of syphilis is often marked by the appearance of a single sore – called a chancre, which is usually firm, round, small, and painless. Credit: CDC.

The primary stage of syphilis is usually marked by the appearance of a single sore called a chancre. The chancre is usually firm, round, small, and painless and is caused by the bacterium

Launch lunch on Inner Brass Island Launch lunch was a venerable institution on hydrographic ships Usually consisted of bread, bologna, and whatever else could be put in a cooler Always generated gripes but no one ever starved Tide gauge installation crew breaking for lunch. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Mississippi River levee with river water coming through and flowing to a marsh east of the river. Flooding usually occurs every spring. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Tanker traffic on the Mississippi River during spring flooding. Mississippi River levee with river water coming through and flowing to a marsh east of the river. Flooding usually occurs every spring. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Stern trawlers that usually fish off Alaska and return to Seattle for maintenance and resupply. Credit: Fisheries.

Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Graceful Kelp Crab, Pugettia gracilis, commonly found in eelgrass beds and on rocky shorelines from Alaska to Monterey Bay. It is distinguishable by rows of small hooks on the carapace into which it can place bits of algae, eelgrass and other organisms for camouflage. However, it is usually seen without camouflage on the carapace. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Mixed school of surgeon fish, Ctenochaetus striogosus, surgeon fish, Acanthurus olivaceus, goatfish, Mulloidichthys samoensis (Weke), goatfish Parapeneus porphyreus (Kumu), yellow tang surgeon fish, Zebrasoma flavescens. This type of aggregation usually occurred on low visibility days. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

This being usually brought about by such in the commonwealth who misuse the power they have; it is hard to consider it aright, and know at whose door to lay it, without knowing the form of government in which it happens. (Second Treatise of Government)

The impact is greater when it has the sanction of the law; for the policy of separating the races is usually interpreted as denoting the inferiority of the negro group. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Of very important, very recordable events, it was not more productive than such meetings usually are.

Usually it's because the old laws haven't caught up with the new technology

Usually the competitors differ in one point only

At about one-thirty they eventually realise their mistake and shut up, just as the major dogfights of the evening are getting under way. These usually start with a few minor bouts between the more enthusiastic youngsters, and then the full chorus of heavyweights weighs in with a fine impression of what it might be like to fall into the pit of hell with the London Symphony Orchestra

The two women usually accompanied him, but when the journey was too difficult for them he went alone

Even junglecats sit doon n huv a wee purr tae themselves now and again, like say, usually after they've likes devoured somebody

Their linen is usually three inches wide, and three feet make a piece

I usually go to the village along its causeway, and am, as it were, related to society by this link

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

LCM is usually not fatal. (references)

Heart size is usually normal. (references)

HD usually occurs in children. (references)

Business

Its sessions are usually open to the public. (references)

Handmade carpets are usually a family business. (references)

Franchisers are usually open to all candidates. (references)

Children

Argentina

The children involved usually work in the same institutions as adults. (references)

Eritrea

In rural areas, young girls usually leave school early to work at home. (references)

Turkmenistan

Pensions usually range between $10 to $30 per month ( 200,000 to 300,000 manats). (references)

Civil Liberties

Syria

Censorship usually is stricter for materials in Arabic. (references)

Liberia

The prayers and hymns are usually Christian but occasionally are Muslim. (references)

Congo

Roadblocks still were in use, but usually to protect government installations. (references)

Discrimination

Georgia

Ethnic Armenians, Azeris, Greeks, Abkhaz, Ossetian, and Russian communities usually communicate in their native languages or in Russian. (references)

Economic History

Brazil

Every crisis usually has a positive side. (references)

Switzerland

Cantons and communes usually prefer local suppliers. (references)

Human Rights

Qatar

Shari'a trials usually are brief. (references)

Syria

Trials usually are closed to the public. (references)

Angola

Judges usually are lay persons, not licensed lawyers. (references)

Indigenous People

Congo

They usually are considered socially inferior and had little political voice. (references)

Brazil

The Minister of Defense denied the allegations, stating that any sexual relations that took place were consensual in nature, and usually involved soldiers of indigenous origin. (references)

Honduras

Failure to obtain legal redress frequently causes indigenous groups to attempt to regain land through invasions of private property, which usually provoke the authorities into retaliating forcefully. (references)

Minorities

Mauritius

Creoles and citizens of European-descent are usually Catholic. (references)

Mauritius

Citizens of Chinese ancestry usually practice Buddhism and Catholicism. (references)

Liberia

The victims are usually members of the religious group performing the ritual. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

Local chiefs usually preside over traditional courts. (references)

NETHERLANDS

The few trade barriers that do exist usually result from common EU policies. (references)

ECUADOR

Licenses are obtainable through private banks and are usually made available. (references)

Political Rights

Monaco

The Council of State is presided over by the Director of Judicial Services, usually a French citizen. (references)

Mauritania

Municipal councils are elected by general ballot, and they elect their mayors, usually the head of the majority party's list. (references)

Monaco

He also names the three Counselors of Government (of whom the one responsible for the interior is usually a French national). (references)

Trade

Argentina

L/Cs are usually valid for one year. (references)

Chad

Norms usually follow French/European Standards. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

Standards usually follow French or European norms. (references)

Travel

Ghana

Rents are usually quoted in US dollars. (references)

Nigeria

Room laundry service is usually offered. (references)

Philippines

There is usually a head table for the VIPs. (references)

Women

Kenya

FGM usually is performed at an early age. (references)

Bahrain

Incidents usually are kept within the family. (references)

Ghana

These abuses usually go unreported and seldom come before the courts. (references)

Worker Rights

Pakistan

When they occur, they usually are illegal and short. (references)

Syria

Such committees usually find in favor of the employee. (references)

Togo

Adult victims usually are lured with phony lucrative jobs. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "usually": P coeruleum having corymbs of drooping flowers usually blue Gray ♦ polemonium coeruleum having corymbs of drooping flowers usually blue Gray ♦ usually known as surfactant. Additional references.

Beginning with "usually": usually-amusing.

Ending with "usually": linkages--usually, more-than-usually, puppets-usually, tubercles-usually.

Containing "usually": more-than-usually-complete.

Afrikaans

gewoonlik (ordinarily). (various references)

Albanian

zakonisht (as a general rule, as a rule, commonly, generally, habitually, ordinarily, regularly). (various references)

Arabic 

‏عادة (as a rule, commonly, custom, freak, generally, groove, habit, habit of body, institution, observance, ordinarily, practice, praxis, rite, rubric, rule, usage, wont), ‏جرت العادة ب. (various references)

Bulgarian 

обичайно (as a general rule, as a rule, habitually), обикновено (as a general rule, as a rule, commonly, generally, habitually, mostly, normally, ordinarily, plainly). (various references)

Chinese 

通常 (normally, Ordinarily, regularly, usual), 照例 (as a rule, as usual), 素來 , 平常 (common, ordinarily, ordinary), 常常 (frequently, often). (various references)

Czech

obvykle (as a rule, generally, habitually). (various references)

Danish

sædvanligvis (ordinarily). (various references)

Dutch

zoals gewoonlijk, stabilisatiescherm (drogue parachute, first stage canopy), gewoonlijk (ordinarily), gewoonlijk (ordinarily), gewoonlýk (ordinarily), gemeenlijk, gemeenlýk, doorgaans (generally). (various references)

Esperanto

ordinare, kutime (ordinarily). (various references)

Faeroese

vanliga. (various references)

Farsi 

معمولا. (various references)

Finnish

vakautusvarjo (a small canopy which is deployed to provide initial stabilization of the payload and/or to decelerate the payload to a velocity or dynamic pressure where the intermediate or final stage canopy can be deployed.Often called a'drogue parachute', drogue parachute, first stage canopy), tavallisesti (commonly, generally, ordinarily), hidastusvarjo (a small canopy which is deployed to provide initial stabilization of the payload and/or to decelerate the payload to a velocity or dynamic pressure where the intermediate or final stage canopy can be deployed.Often called a'drogue parachute', drogue parachute, first stage canopy). (various references)

French

ordinairement, généralement. (various references)

Frisian

gewoanlik (ordinarily). (various references)

German

üblicherweise (conventionally, customarily, generally, normally, traditionally), gewöhnlich (common, commonly, conveniently, customary, everyday, generally, habitually, low, low-bred, normally, ordinarily, ordinary, ornery, regular, run-off-the-mill, simple, usual, vulgar, vulgarly), gewöhnliche (ordinarily). (various references)

Greek 

συνήθωσ (commonly, customarily, in the ordinary way, ordinarily), συνήθως (commonly). (various references)

Hebrew 

בדרך כלל (as a general rule, as a rule, by and large, generally, in general). (various references)

Hungarian

általában (as a rule, commonly, generally, in general, in principle, in the general way, in the gross, in the main, in the ordinary way, in the usual way, on the whole, ordinarily, overall). (various references)

Indonesian

lumrahnya (ordinarily), biasanya (generally, normally). (various references)

Italian

solitamente (ordinarily), ordinario (coarse, common, ordinary, ornery, permanent, run of the mill, simple, usual, workaday), normalmente (normally), calotta del primo stadio (a small canopy which is deployed to provide initial stabilization of the payload and/or to decelerate the payload to a velocity or dynamic pressure where the intermediate or final stage canopy can be deployed.Often called a'drogue parachute', drogue parachute, first stage canopy), abitualmente (habitually, regularly). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

通例 (customarily), 通常の場合 , 普通 (generally, ordinarily, train that stops at every station), 普段 (always, habitually, ordinarily), 平素は (in the past, ordinarily), 何時も (always, every time, never), 大抵 (generally), 常時 (ordinarily), 常日頃 (always), 常住 (permanent residence), 常々 (always), 常常 (always). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たいてい (generally, great emperor, leaving a court), ふつう (cessation, generally, interruption, ordinarily, stoppage, suspension, tie-up, train that stops at every station), ふだん (always, constant, constantly, continually, habitually, ordinarily, persistent, unremitting), つねひごろ (always), つねづね (always), つうれい (customarily), つうじょうのばあい, いつも (always, every time, never), じょうじゅう (permanent residence), じょうじ (liaison, love affair, normal affair, ordinarily, repetition of the previous character), へいそは (in the past, ordinarily). (various references)

Korean 

보통적으로 (Plainly). (various references)

Malay

biasanya (ordinarily). (various references)

Manx

dy cliaghtagh (customarily), dy cadjin (commonly, popularly). (various references)

Papiamen

normalmente (ordinarily). (various references)

Pig Latin

uallyusay.(various references)

Polish

zwykle (ordinarily). (various references)

Portuguese

usualmente (ordinarily), habitualmente (habitually, ordinarily, still), geralmente (cate, commonly, generally, ordinarily). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

usualmente. (various references)

Romanian

uzual (accustomed, current, customary, habitual, ordinary, usual), obişnuit (accustomed, average, common, commonplace, customarily, customary, frequent, frequently, habitual, habitually, habitue, normal, ordinary, regular, rife, routine, standard, used to, usual, wonted, workaday), curent (course, current, daily, draught, flow, fluent, fluently, flux, generally, instant, legal, popular, prevailing, prevalent, race, readily, routine, ruling, running, stream, swift, tide, trend, usual), îndeobşte (universally). (various references)

Russian 

обычно (as a rule, commonly, conventionally, generally, ordinarily, regularly). (various references)

Scottish

seul (and <A NAME="seulaich">seulaich</A> va. seal; usually pronounced with broad), leasg (loath; usually : leisg, slothful, unwilling), fallan (a. healthy; usually fallain), Cailean (usually given as the equivalent of Colin), Beathag (usually given as the equivalent of Sophia), bean-tighe (but usually ind., inflected as bean is), bean-bainnse (but usually ind.). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ponajviše (most of all), obično (commonly, generally, ordinarily). (various references)

Spanish

usualmente, por regla general (as a general rule, as a rule), paracaídas de etapa inicial (a small canopy which is deployed to provide initial stabilization of the payload and/or to decelerate the payload to a velocity or dynamic pressure where the intermediate or final stage canopy can be deployed.Often called a'drogue parachute', drogue parachute, first stage canopy), en general (as a rule, broadly, by and large, generally, in general, in the main, mostly), en común (in common, jointly). (various references)

Swedish

vanligtvis (by and large, commonly, ordinarily), vanligen (as a rule, generally, more often than not, mostly, ordinarily). (various references)

Turkish

genellikle (as a general rule, as a rule, at large, by and large, exoterically, for the most part, generally, in general, largely, normally, on the whole, ordinarily), genelde (altogether, for the most part, generally, generally speaking, in general, largely, mostly, normally, ordinarily), çoğunlukla (by a majority, commonly, frequently, generally, in the main, mostly). (various references)

Turkmen 

kцplenз (generally, ordinarily). (various references)

Ukrainian

звичайно (absolutely, admittedly, as a rule, assuredly, certainly, clearly, commonly, definitely, familiarly, generally, habitually, mostly, natch, naturally, normally, of course, on course, ordinarily, sure, sure thing, surely, vulgarly). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thường thường (commonly), thường lệ (habitual, regulation, usual). (various references)

Welsh

gan amlaf (most often). (various references)

cotidie. (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "usually": unusually. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Usually" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: saully, Uccialli, usally, usaully, Usuall, usuallr, usualy, ususally, Uzielli. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: luaus, lulus, sally, sully, usual.

-3 letters: alls, ally, lays, luau, lulu, sall, saul, slay, sulu, ulus.

-4 letters: all, als, ays, las, lay, sal, sau, say, sly, ulu.

-5 letters: al, as, ay, la, us, ya.

+2 letters: calyculus, suturally, unusually.

+3 letters: fabulously, muscularly.

+4 letters: garrulously.

+5 letters: adulterously, calumniously, languorously, loquaciously, miraculously, salubriously, sculpturally, structurally, sulfonylurea.