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
Oliver SacksTo establish a new epoch, geologists usually have to find clear evidence in the rock record of a massive, planet-altering shift.—Gayathri Vaidyanathan
Gayathri VaidyanathanCelebrity outbursts are usually so outrageous that the average person can't really relate to them.—Kyra Kyles
Kyra KylesThese 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
Mark P. MattsonExamples of usually in a Sentence
we usually go out to eat on Fridays
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The mothers were usually poor women or prostitutes, the children generally given up for adoption to orphanages, many of them run by foreign missionaries.
—Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
It has also been colored red, thanks to a broth built on tomatoes and chiles, usually pasilla, chipotle, guajillo and/or ancho.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
There are also roaring fireplaces in the communal areas (usually presided over by a moose or elk bust), oodles of wood and leather furniture, pieces of Indigenous art throughout, and floor-to-ceiling windows facing the mountains.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Robust collections like this usually just have a synopsis or something small as the text.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
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Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
It has also been colored red, thanks to a broth built on tomatoes and chiles, usually pasilla, chipotle, guajillo and/or ancho.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
There are also roaring fireplaces in the communal areas (usually presided over by a moose or elk bust), oodles of wood and leather furniture, pieces of Indigenous art throughout, and floor-to-ceiling windows facing the mountains.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
Robust collections like this usually just have a synopsis or something small as the text.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Usually.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/usually. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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