usual
habitual or customary: her usual skill.
commonly met with or observed in experience; ordinary: the usual January weather.
commonplace; everyday: He says the usual things.
something that is usual: He could expect only the usual.
Idioms about usual
as usual, in the customary or usual manner: As usual, he forgot my birthday.
Origin of usual
1synonym study For usual
Other words for usual
| 1 | accustomed |
| 2 | general, prevailing, prevalent, familiar, regular |
| 3 | expected, predictable |
Other words from usual
- u·su·al·ly, adverb
- u·su·al·ness, noun
Words Nearby usual
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How to use usual in a sentence
With so many clubs in the playoff hunt at the deadline, there are a lot more teams than usual who can at least make the case for a big splash ahead of the stretch run.
Separating MLB’s Buyers From Sellers At The Weirdest Trade Deadline Ever | Neil Paine (neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com) | August 28, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightTaken together, it’s all looking fairly dull on this side of the Atlantic—a business-as-usual vibe, even.
Investors continue to push global stocks into record territory | Bernhard Warner | August 24, 2020 | FortuneThey’re guaranteeing that local businesses hoping to expand will be forced to pay tolls to access Amazon’s customer base, above and beyond the usual fees Amazon extracts from users of its platform.
Why are local governments paying Amazon to destroy Main Street? | jakemeth | August 23, 2020 | FortuneRather than doing seven shows in a season, there will do three or four, and they’ll be extended to make more money because distanced audiences will be a third of their usual size.
Meanwhile, the world is expecting even less, far less, from value than usual.
The champ’s big comeback: Why beaten-down value stocks are poised to thrive | Shawn Tully | August 18, 2020 | Fortune
The judges who handle arraignments at criminal court in all five boroughs have a small fraction of their usual caseloads.
Larson, as usual, instills gravitas and agency in an otherwise underwritten character.
I know that one day in the near (ish) future, we will return to our usual hikes and bike rides.
But, under the hawkish eye of the media and through a heavily active social media presence, she carried on as usual.
Nicki Minaj Bares Her Own Vulnerability on ‘The Pinkprint’ | Rawiya Kameir | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe broader issue is also playing out without the usual toxicity.
We had six field-pieces, but we only took four, harnessed wit twice the usual number of horses.
As usual the dinner was recherché, for the Pandemonium chef enjoyed a world-wide reputation.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsThis habit and the fact that she cares more for color than for drawing are the usual criticisms of her pictures.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementThe lady in black, creeping behind them, looked a trifle paler and more jaded than usual.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinToward the close of it were the usual number of toasts in honour of Liszt, to which he responded in rather a bored sort of way.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy Fay
British Dictionary definitions for usual
/ (ˈjuːʒʊəl) /
of the most normal, frequent, or regular type; customary: that's the usual sort of application to send
ordinary or commonplace events (esp in the phrase out of the usual)
the usual informal the habitual or usual drink, meal, etc
Origin of usual
1Derived forms of usual
- usualness, noun
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Other Idioms and Phrases with usual
see as usual; business as usual.
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