typically
adverb
typ·i·cal·ly
ˈti-pi-k(ə-)lē 
1
: on a typical occasion : in typical circumstances
Typically, members of our staff receive little … recognition …—
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: in a typical manner
typically American
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prairie dogs typically live in open spaces
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Credit insurance is typically optional, with the exception of private mortgage insurance (PMI) on a home loan.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 18 May 2026
When your partner is a creative person toiling away as an artist, that conversation is typically a tangled knot of hearts and minds and money and desires and needs and space and time.
—Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
The Knickerbockers, using Hoboken’s Elysian Fields, typically played games to twenty-one, innings be damned.
—Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
La Familia members typically bang drums and sing their hearts out from opening to closing whistle but decided to stay quiet and brought no flags or instruments to the stadium.
—Miami Herald, 18 May 2026
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Liz Knueven, CNBC, 18 May 2026
When your partner is a creative person toiling away as an artist, that conversation is typically a tangled knot of hearts and minds and money and desires and needs and space and time.
—Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
The Knickerbockers, using Hoboken’s Elysian Fields, typically played games to twenty-one, innings be damned.
—Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
La Familia members typically bang drums and sing their hearts out from opening to closing whistle but decided to stay quiet and brought no flags or instruments to the stadium.
—Miami Herald, 18 May 2026
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“Typically.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typically. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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