routinely
Americanadverb
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Etymology
Origin of routinely
Explanation
When you do something routinely, you do it often and regularly. Many people routinely brush their teeth before they go to bed and again when they wake up in the morning. Something that's become a habit or an often repeated series of actions is done routinely. Your actual daily routine is one example of this — you might routinely eat cereal for breakfast, or routinely feed your cat at 5:00, for example. You can also say that a movie critic who always seems to find some fault with a film routinely trashes all your favorite movies. The French root is routine, "usual course of action," from route, "way or path."
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Until approximately a decade ago, many dentists routinely cleaned implants with the same metal scalers used to remove deposits from natural teeth.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
Chief Executive Jim Farley routinely notes that Ford sells just as many vehicles outside of the U.S. as it does at home, topping four million globally last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
The Treasury told the Telegraph "decisions on tax are a matter for the Chancellor to set out at fiscal events, rather than routinely commenting on rumour."
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Once players were cleared to return to practice after a long break, Dieffenbach routinely ran a route, caught a pass and threw the ball back to the start of the drill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Such sweeping generalizations were routinely accepted, mainly because those attacked were not unified enough politically to counter the charges.
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
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