different between usually vs customary

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?st?m(?)?i/

Noun

customary (plural customaries)

1. A book containing laws and usages, or customs; a custumal.

Translations

Adjective

customary (comparative more customary, superlative most customary)

1. In accordance with, or established by, custom or common usage

   Synonyms: conventional, habitual

   • At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.

2. Holding or held by custom

Synonyms

• wont

Derived terms

• customarily

Related terms

• consuetude
• costumal
• costume
• custom
• customer
• customization
• customize

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