different between usually vs almost

English

Etymology

From Middle English usualli, equivalent to usual +? -ly. Displaced native Old English ?ewunel??e.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /?ju??(??)li/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?ju??ju(?)li/

Adverb

usually (comparative more usually, superlative most usually)

1. Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.

   • He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend?; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous, […].

2. Under normal conditions.

Synonyms

• (most of the time): generally, mainly, commonly, regularly, mostly, on the whole, in the main, for the most part, by and large, most often, ordinarily, wontedly; see also Thesaurus:usually
• (under normal conditions): customarily, habitually, wontly, normally, routinely, as a rule; see also Thesaurus:normally

Related terms

• use

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• aulmos (Jamaican English)

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English eallm?st (“nearly all, almost, for the most part”), equivalent to all- +? most.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???l.m??st/, (emphatic, utterance-final) /??l.?m??st/
  • (colloquial, unaccented) IPA^(key): /???(l)m?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??l.mo?st/, /??l.mo?st/, /?o?.mo?st/
• Hyphenation: al?most
• Rhymes: -??st

Adverb

almost (not comparable)

1. Very close to, but not quite.

Synonyms

• (very close to, but not quite): nearly, nigh, well-nigh, near, close to, next to, practically, virtually, not yet, not

Translations

Noun

almost (plural almosts)

1. (informal) Something or someone that doesn't quite make it.

Anagrams

• Altoms, smalto, stomal