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 of usually

• normally
• typically

Examples of usually in a Sentence

we usually go out to eat on Fridays

Recent Examples on the Web

An exoplanet is usually between 1,000 and 2,000 degrees, according to the university. —Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 19 June 2026

Daversa said the restaurant is usually closed on Mondays but opened in hopes of getting some spillover fans from the Iran-New Zealand game at SoFi. —Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026

Unlike the literary or film industries, the art world has historically operated without agents, as galleries essentially fill the role of manager, agent, and distributor in one, usually for a 50 percent cut of sales. —Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 18 June 2026

Polarized options usually start around $10. —Bestreviews, Mercury News, 18 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above