adverb

normally

NAW-muh-lee

adverb

Under usual conditions; typically.

"Normally, I take the bus to work, but today I walked."

"The shop normally closes at six on weekdays."

In the expected or usual manner.

"After the surgery, he was able to walk normally within weeks."

How to Use Normally

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishUsually, or in the usual way.

Common pairings

normally speaking function normally behave normally

more normally comparative, most normally superlative

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_____, I take the bus to work, but today I walked.

From "normal" plus the adverb-forming suffix "-ly."

frequently ordinarily habitually routinely as a matter of course as a rule generally in general regularly typically unexceptionally usually

atypically exceptionally irregularly unusually

usually generally regularly mostly specifically frequently typically occasionally

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frequently ordinarily habitually routinely as a matter of course as a rule generally in general regularly typically unexceptionally usually