usually
As a rule
Usually means most of the time or in most cases—what typically happens rather than what always or never happens.
I usually take the bus to work.
She's usually right about these things.
The word leaves room for exceptions while establishing a pattern.
At frequent intervals
- typicallyIn the usual manner
- generallyIn most instances
- commonlyWith frequent occurrence
- normallyIn the usual manner
ordinarily · regularly · habitually · customarily · routinely · frequently · mostly · mainly
Regarded as likely
- anticipatedExpected in advance
- predictableAble to be foreseen
- assumedTaken as true
- presumedBelieved without certainty
likely · probable · unsurprising · foreseeable · standard · default · given · understood
Done by routine
- accustomedAdapted through habit
- customaryDone by convention
- wontedUsual or habitual
- typicalRepresentative of a kind
characteristic · instinctive · automatic · second nature · ingrained · entrenched · pattern · tendency
often
At frequent intervals
normally · ordinarily · regularly · habitually · customarily · routinely · frequently · mostly · mainly · largely
expected
Regarded as likely
- anticipatedExpected in advance
- predictableAble to be foreseen
- assumedTaken as true
presumed · likely · probable · unsurprising · foreseeable · standard · default · given · understood · taken for granted
habitual
Done by routine
- accustomedAdapted through habit
- customaryDone by convention
- wontedUsual or habitual
typical · characteristic · instinctive · automatic · second nature · ingrained · entrenched · pattern · tendency · inclination
usuallyrarely
Not often occurring
seldom · infrequently · hardly ever · almost never · uncommonly
usuallyunusually
To an uncommon degree
exceptionally · atypically · abnormally · uncharacteristically · extraordinarily
- as usualIn customary manner
- the usual
- business as usualContinuation of normal routine
- usual suspectsThose always initially suspected
- as per usualIn the typical way
- usual channelsEstablished communication routes