usually

Definition

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

Etymology

From Middle English usualli, equivalent to usual + -ly. Displaced native Old English ġewunelīċe.

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,[…]."

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