normally

[ nawr-muh-lee ]

/ ˈnɔr mə li /

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adverb

in a normal or regular way: The wound is healing normally.

according to rule, general custom, etc.; as a rule; ordinarily; usually.

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Origin of normally

First recorded in 1590–1600; normal + -ly

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Normally, 434 members (minus Michael Grimm who resigned) would vote for Speaker.
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Yes, cops are under stress and tension (though their jobs are far less dangerous than normally supposed).
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Normally at high latitude you feel really unwell, but I drank it and felt rejuvenated.
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But as one Jordanian intelligence source told The Daily Beast, “we know ISIS and we know that for it women do not normally count.”
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The drama transfixed the normally calm Sydney, known for its laid-back vibe and relaxed population.
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He was once more the man he normally was in London—a man intensely, Jewishly alert, a man with a doctor's mind.
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I had always had to blow my ears out when just normally losing altitude.
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Or whether there were a lot of people standing around in a normally desolate area.
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But I reserve the outline of Venetian painting until the Bellinis are normally reached.
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Since they normally were printed in small-caps, that convention was applied to these two instances as well.
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British Dictionary definitions for normally

normally

/ (ˈnɔːməlɪ) /

adverb

as a rule; usually; ordinarily

in a normal manner

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Word Origin and History for normally

normally

adv.

1590s, "regularly," from normal + -ly (2). Meaning "under ordinary conditions" is from 1853.

normally

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