English > usual: 2 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure. |
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| Examples | - "grew the usual vegetables"
- "the usual summer heat"
- "came at the usual time"
- "the child's usual bedtime"
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| Attribute of | usualness | commonness by virtue of not being unusual |
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| Narrower | accustomed, customary, habitual, wonted | commonly used or practiced |
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| chronic, inveterate | habitual |
| regular | In accord / accord with regular practice or procedure |
| See also | common | Having no special distinction or quality |
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| ordinary | not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree |
| Opposite | unusual | not usual or common or ordinary |
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| Spanish | común, habitual, normal, usual |
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| Catalan | comú, habitual, normal, usual |
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| Nouns | usualness | commonness by virtue of not being unusual |
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| Adverbs | usually | under normal conditions |
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