different between usual vs characterless

English

Alternative forms

• (shortening, informal) (no fixed spelling) uzhe, uzh, yoozh

Etymology

From Middle English usual, from Old French usuel, from Latin ?su?lis (“for use, fit for use, also of common use, customary, common, ordinary, usual”), from ?sus (“use, habit, custom”), from the past participle stem of ?t? (“to use”). Displaced native Old English ?ewunel??.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ju????l/, /?ju???l/
• Hyphenation: u?su?al

Adjective

usual (comparative more usual, superlative most usual)

1. Most commonly occurring; typical.

   The preference of a boy to a girl is a usual occurrence in some parts of China.

   It is becoming more usual these days to rear children as bilingual.

Synonyms

• wonted, normal, common, standard, regular, ordinary, plain, simple, typical

Antonyms

• unusual, abnormal, atypical

Derived terms

Related terms

• usuality

Translations

Noun

usual (uncountable)

1. The typical state of something, or something that is typical.
2. (colloquial) A specific good or service (e.g. a drink) that someone typically orders.

   I'll just have the usual.

Usage notes

Sometimes colloquially shortened to the first syllable (IPA^(key): /ju??/), an overwhelmingly spoken-only slang word with no single widely accepted spelling (see uzhe).

Further reading

• usual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• usual in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• luaus

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin ?su?lis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

usual (epicene, plural usuales)

1. common, typical, usual

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ?su?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /u.zu?al/

Adjective

usual (masculine and feminine plural usuals)

1. usual

   Antonym: inusual

Derived terms

• inusual
• usualment

Further reading

• “usual” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “usual” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “usual” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “usual” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin ?su?lis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

usual m or f (plural usuais)

1. usual, regular, normal

Derived terms

• usualmente

Further reading

• “usual” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• usuel, usualle, usuale, usuell, usuall

Etymology

From Old French usuel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iu?ziu??a?l/, /iu?zu?a?l/, /?iu?ziu?al/, /?iu?zual/, /?iu?zu?l/

Adjective

usual

1. customary, established
2. usual, normal, regular

Descendants

• English: usual
• Scots: usual, uswal, eeswal

References

• “?su??l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-08.

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• üsual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y?z?al/

Adjective

usual

1. usual

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ?su?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /uzu?aw/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u?zwa?/

Adjective

usual m or f (plural usuais, comparable)

1. usual (most commonly occurring)

   Antonym: inusual

Derived terms

• inusual
• usualmente

Related terms

• usar
• uso

Further reading

• “usual” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ?su?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u?swal/, [u?swal]
• Hyphenation: u?sual

Adjective

usual (plural usuales)

1. usual

   Antonym: inusual

Derived terms

• inusual
• usualmente

Further reading

• “usual” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

character +? -less

Adjective

characterless (comparative more characterless, superlative most characterless)

1. Having no distinguishing character or quality.
   • 1855, William Cooper Nell, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution,

     The great mass of American citizens estimate us, as being a characterless and purposeless people ; and hence we hold up our heads, if at all, against the withering influence of a nation's scorn and contempt.

   • 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, "Friction," [1]

     The House of All Sorts was new and characterless. It had not yet found itself—and an apartment house takes longer to find itself than do individual private houses.

2. Lacking in or devoid of personality.

Translations

Anagrams

• clearstarches