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Casually vs Usually - What's the difference?

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As adverbs the difference between casually and usually

is that casually is in a casual manner while usually is most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.

casually

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a casual manner.
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  • *:"A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day.A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless." ΒΆ "Of what party is he?" she inquired, as though casually .
  • *{{quote-book, year=1928, author= Lawrence R. Bourne
    • , title= Well Tackled!, chapter=7 , passage=The detective kept them in view. He made his way casually along the inside of the shelter until he reached an open scuttle close to where the two men were standing talking. Eavesdropping was not a thing Larard would have practised from choice, but there were times when, in the public interest, he had to do it, and this was one of them.}}

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    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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