commonly
often; frequently: commonly used words.
usually; generally; ordinarily.
in a common manner.
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In the 1920s, they were commonly used in tuberculosis sanatoriums, as these patients were prescribed fresh air.
Best heated throw blanket: Bundle up with these electric blankets | PopSci Commerce Team | February 11, 2021 | Popular-ScienceTherefore, the signal of climate change showed up quite early relative to other things we think about more commonly, like the temperature record.
A looming climate disaster threatens the lives of 6,000 Peruvians | Philip Kiefer | February 9, 2021 | Popular-ScienceSome economists, Republicans and moderate Democrats have argued that this third round of “economic impact payments” — more commonly referred to as “stimulus checks” or “relief payments” — should go only to the hardest-hit families.
Here’s the new Democratic plan for $1,400 stimulus checks | Heather Long, Jeff Stein | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostThat threshold is commonly thought to be about 70% of the population.
So you got the vaccine. Can you still infect people? Pfizer is trying to find out. | Stephanie Arnett | February 2, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewCongee has a history as a famine food — rice stretched to last with the addition of extra water — and, more commonly nowadays, the ideal sick dish.
Israel commonly holds people suspected of threatening national security for long periods without access to legal counsel.
The Strange Case of the Christian Zionist Terrorist | Creede Newton | December 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe euphemism most commonly used by convicts for dying is to “be taken off the count.”
Two of the five victims commonly attributed to Jack the Ripper are now suspected of being killed by copycats.
He used the Arab acronym for ISIS or ISIL, as the self-proclaimed “Islamic State” commonly is known.
Its main role is commonly thought to be coordinating our movements.
Early Brain Injury Might Be the Root of Autism | Russell Saunders | September 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Potato is planted very sparingly south of Piedmont, and not so commonly there as in Savoy.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyBut if you restrict it, to the sense in which it is commonly applied to the angelic sex, I am not prepared to answer.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterThe war which wasted the Athenians for 27 years, commonly called the Peloponnesian war, began May 7th.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellIn gonorrhoea gonococci are sometimes found in the sediment, but more commonly in the "gonorrheal threads," or "floaters."
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddA child's attempt to represent a man appears commonly to begin by drawing a sort of circle for the front view of the head.
Children's Ways | James Sully
British Dictionary definitions for commonly
/ (ˈkɒmənlɪ) /
usually; ordinarily: he was commonly known as Joe
derogatory in a coarse or vulgar way: she dresses commonly
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