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Usual \U"su*al\, a. [L. usualis, from usus use: cf. F. usuel. See Use, n.]

Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual; common. [1913 Webster]

Consultation with oracles was a thing very usual and frequent in their times. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]

We can make friends of these usual enemies. --Baxter. [1913 Webster] -- U"su*al*ly, adv. -- U"su*al*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

usually adv : under normal conditions; "usually she was late" [syn: normally, unremarkably, commonly, ordinarily] [ant: unusually]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Usual \U"su*al\, a. [L. usualis, from usus use: cf. F. usuel. See Use, n.]

Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual; common.

Consultation with oracles was a thing very usual and frequent in their times. --Hooker.

We can make friends of these usual enemies. --Baxter. -- U"su*al*ly, adv. -- U"su*al*ness, n.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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