usually

«usually» in Mova's school dictionary: In most cases; most of the time: "I usually walk to school." — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb

meaning for a pupil

1) In most cases; most of the time: "I usually walk to school." tree →

2) As normally happens: "The shop is usually open." tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths and science, "usually" means most of the time but not always; it is about frequency (always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never). In reading, it tells a habit. Phrases: as usual, more than usual.

examples

• I usually go to bed at eight. tree →
• Cats usually sleep a lot. tree →
• It usually snows in winter here. tree →
• The bus is usually on time. tree →
• We usually have pizza on Fridays. tree →
• Dogs usually wag their tails when happy. tree →
• She is usually the first to answer. tree →
• It usually takes ten minutes to walk. tree →
• In his absence things are usually quiet on the island. tree →

note

Spelled with two l's: "usually". It goes before the main verb ("I usually walk") but after "be" ("He is usually late"). Usually is not always: there are exceptions.

In the corpora

• When a parent seems frazzled after work, it is usually the workload, not anything the child did.
• A job interview is a meeting where an employer asks questions to decide whom to hire; several people usually compete for one job.
• A promotion is a move up to a more senior job in the same organisation, usually with more responsibility and more pay.
• Retiring means stopping paid work for good, usually in your sixties, and living on a pension and savings.
• Payday is the day pay arrives in the bank, often once a month, so money is usually lowest just before it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «usually» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.