regularly
Americanadverb
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at regular times or intervals.
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according to plan, custom, etc.
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usually; ordinarily.
The dress is regularly $45 but is now on sale for $30.
Etymology
Origin of regularly
Explanation
When you do something regularly, you do it on a repeated, frequent basis. If you visit your grandfather every Thursday afternoon, you can say you see him regularly. The adverb regularly is most often used to mean "routinely," but it can also mean "without variety or in the same way." So you might say, "The houses in my neighborhood are regularly spaced along the blocks." The earliest meaning, dating from the 1560s, was "in accordance with rules," from the Latin root regula, "rule."
Example Sentences
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Conor, who works in media, has regularly worn shorts to the office during the recent hot weather.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Witnesses working in a nearby restaurant said police had used tasers to arrest the woman, who was known locally as a homeless person who regularly frequented the area.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Amid the chaos, there was little time to research online, where the card in that condition regularly sells for less than $80.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
However, it retains large operations in the South Bay city and blasts off regularly from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
That spiders do not have to dine regularly and that some can thrive as long as two years without a bite.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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