/ˈjuːʒ.u.ə.li/
Translation
Most of the time; the way a thing normally happens.
Word origin
From usual plus the adverb ending -ly; usual came from Latin usualis, meaning common.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- usualis
Examples
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"Usually" tells us this is what happens most of the time.
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Here "usually" means it is the normal thing we do.
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Here "usually" means it is open most Sundays, but not always.
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(1)Grammar articles
(37)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Conditional sentences in English: the four types explained
Countable and uncountable nouns in English: advice, information, news and the ones you simply have to learn
This, That, These and Those: How to Point at Things in English
Discourse markers in English: well, anyway, actually, mind you and by the way
Dummy subjects in English: it's raining, there's a problem, and why the subject slot is never empty
Ellipsis and substitution in English: I think so, neither do I, and the words you are allowed to leave out
Emphasis in English: I do like it, my own, the very, and how to push back
For, since, already, yet and still in English: which word, and where it goes in the sentence
Future continuous and future perfect in English: will be doing vs will have done
Future in the past: was going to, would, was about to, and the grammar of plans that failed
Future tense in English: will, going to and more explained
Gerund and infinitive: which verb form comes next?
Who, What, Where, When, Why and How: The English Question Words
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Nominalisation in English: arrive becomes arrival, decide becomes decision, and why written English turns actions into things
Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
Past modals in English: should have, could have, must have and might have
Past simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Phrasal Verbs with Come: 13 Meanings You Actually Need
Phrasal Verbs with Get: 16 Meanings You Actually Need
Phrasal Verbs with Put: 13 Meanings You Actually Need
Present continuous tense: form, spelling and uses
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Present simple tense: rules, examples and when to use it
Quantifiers in English: some, any, much, many and more
Relative clauses in English: defining, non-defining and when to drop the pronoun
Reported speech in English: backshift, questions and commands
So, such, too and enough in English: words of degree and result
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
Time clauses in English: when, while, as soon as, until, before and after
Used to, would and be used to: talking about past habits and states in English
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
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