Etymology

usually

U1S1U1A1L1L1Y4

Today it means: Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally. Full definition →

Middle English usualli
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Middle English · inherited fromusualli
  2. English todayusually

From Middle English usualli, equivalent to usual + -ly. Broadly displaced native Old English ġewunelīċe (from which English wontly).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.