Meaning of USUAL
| Pronunciation: | | 'yoozhooul
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- [adj] occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure; "grew the usual vegetables"; "the usual summer heat"; "came at the usual time"; "the child's usual bedtime"
- [adj] commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting"
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| | Synonyms: | | accustomed, customary, familiar, habitual, regular, wonted(a) |
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| | Antonyms: | | unusual | | |
| | See Also: | | common | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \U"su*al\, a. [L. usualis, from usus use: cf. F. usuel.
See {Use}, n.]
Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary
practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary;
ordinary; habitual; common.
Consultation with oracles was a thing very usual and
frequent in their times. --Hooker.
We can make friends of these usual enemies. --Baxter.
-- {U"su*al*ly}, adv. -- {U"su*al*ness}, n.
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