Meanings
- not comparableAs is usually the case.
[…]and, the 3n by 3n matrix M is, as usual, diagonal with the masses occurring down the main diagonal in sets of three[…].
2008, Firdaus E. Udwadia, Robert E. Kalaba, Analytical Dynamics: A New Approach, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 831 more example
“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;[…]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLCSynonyms: generally, typically, usually, normally, most of the time · Antonyms: unusually, unprecedentedly, surprisingly
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbAs is usually the case.
Origin
Translations
Arabic كَالْعَادَة, كَالْمُعْتَاد
- كَالْعَادَة (ka-l-ʕāda)as is usually the case
- كَالْمُعْتَاد (ka-l-muʕtād)as is usually the case
Catalan com de costum
- com de costumas is usually the case
Chinese Mandarin 照常
- 照常 (zhàocháng)as is usually the case
Dutch zoals gewoonlijk
- zoals gewoonlijkas is usually the case
Esperanto kiel kutime
- kiel kutimeas is usually the case
Finnish kuten tavallista
- kuten tavallistaas is usually the case
French comme d'habitude, comme d'hab
- comme d'habitudeas is usually the case
- comme d'habas is usually the case
- comme d'ordinaireas is usually the case
- comme de coutumeas is usually the case
German wie üblich, wie gewöhnlich
- wie üblichas is usually the case
- wie gewöhnlichas is usually the case
Greek ως συνήθως
- ως συνήθως (os syníthos)as is usually the case
Hebrew כָּרָגִיל
- כָּרָגִיל (karagíl)as is usually the case
Icelandic að venju, eins og vant er
- að venjuas is usually the case
- eins og vant eras is usually the case
Italian come al solito
- come al solitoas is usually the case
Japanese いつものように, 平常通り
- いつものように (itsumo no yō ni)as is usually the case
- 平常通り (heijōdōri)as is usually the case
- 例の如く (rei no godoku)as is usually the case
Korean 평소처럼, 평상시처럼
- 평소처럼 (pyeongsocheoreom)as is usually the case
- 평상시처럼 (pyeongsangsicheoreom)as is usually the case
- 늘 그렇듯 (neul geureoteut)as is usually the case
Norwegian Bokmål som vanlig
- som vanligas is usually the case
Persian طبق معمول
- طبق معمول (tebq-e ma'mul)as is usually the case
Polish jak zwykle, jak zazwyczaj
- jak zwykleas is usually the case
- jak zazwyczajas is usually the case
Portuguese como de costume, como sempre
- como de costumeas is usually the case
- como sempreas is usually the case
Romanian ca de obicei
- ca de obiceias is usually the case
Russian как обы́чно
- как обы́чно (kak obýčno)as is usually the case
Spanish como de costumbre, como es habitual/usual
- como de costumbreas is usually the case
- como es habitual/usualas is usually the case
- para variaras is usually the case
Swedish som vanligt
- som vanligtas is usually the case
Tamil வழக்கம்போல
- வழக்கம்போல (vaḻakkampōla)as is usually the case
Ukrainian як звича́йно
- як звича́йно (jak zvyčájno)as is usually the case
Welsh fel arfer
- fel arferas is usually the case
Cite this entry
as usual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20usual
“as usual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20usual. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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