Thesaurus:usually

Thesaurus

usually

English

Adverb

Sense: on most occasions; less than always, but more than occasionally

Detail: Of a normal frequency (not necessarily in a normal manner).

Synonyms

• as a rule (idiomatic)
• commonly
• conventionally
• customarily
• in general
• generally    [⇒ thesaurus]
• habitually
• most of the time
• nine times out of ten (idiomatic)
• normally    [⇒ thesaurus]
• oftest (dialectal, poetic)
• ordinarily
• predominantly
• principally
• typically
• usually

Antonyms

• forever    [⇒ thesaurus]
• occasionally    [⇒ thesaurus]
• uniformly    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• regularly

Hypernyms

• mostly    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• frequently
• habitually
• often    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:normally (in a normal manner)
• Thesaurus:frequency

Further reading

• “613. habit” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “usually” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.