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Regularly vs Usually - What's the difference?

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Usually is a synonym of regularly.



As adverbs the difference between regularly and usually

is that regularly is with constant frequency or pattern while usually is most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.

regularly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • With constant frequency or pattern.
  • normally; ordinarily.

    • usually

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.
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  • *: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,.
  • Under normal conditions.

    • Synonyms

    * (most of the time) generally, mainly, commonly, regularly, mostly, on the whole, in the main, for the most part, by and large, most often, ordinarily, wontedly * (under normal conditions) customarily, habitually, wontly, normally, routinely, as a rule

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