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Definition of "usual" []
- Commonly encountered, experienced, or observed: the usual summer heat. (adjective)
- Regularly or customarily used: ended the speech with the usual expressions of thanks. (adjective)
- In conformity with regular practice or procedure: Come at the usual time. (adjective)
- As usual As commonly or habitually happens: As usual, I slept late that Saturday morning. (idiom)
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Use "usual" in a sentence
- "I found Isabel as well as usual, he said, only Im afraid as usual isnt particularly well."
- "_We are this week compelled to go to press one day earlier than usual; we have to request the indulgence of our correspondents for the omission of our usual_ LIST OF REPLIES RECEIVED, _and for not replying until next week to several inquiries which have been addressed to us_."
- "_exactly_ usual (there may be exceptions, but it ain't exactly _usual_) to come to a gentleman's funeral, and especially not all the way from"