Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

usually

/ˈjuːʒʊəli/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.15 in modern English

Syllables: usu-al-ly
IPA: /ˈjuːʒʊəli/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.

adv

Under normal conditions.

Example Sentences

"Except for one or two days a year, he usually walks to work."
"He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend ; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous,[…]."

Etymology

From Middle English usualli, equivalent to usual + -ly. Broadly displaced native Old English ġewunelīċe (from which English wontly).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: usualli
Suffix: usual

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈjuːʒʊəli/
British English: /ˈjuːʒʊəli/

Inflected Forms

more usually (comparative) most usually (superlative)

Derived Forms

unusually

Frequently Paired Words

use frequently often frequency

Synonyms

generally mainly commonly regularly mostly on the whole in the main for the most part by and large most often ordinarily wontedly

Antonyms

forever occasionally uniformly

Questions

How do you pronounce usually?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjuːʒʊəli/.
What does usually mean?: Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.
Where does usually come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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