Meanings
comparative more commonly · superlative most commonly · alternative obsolete commonlie
- As a rule; frequently; usually.
The class of antidepressants most commonly associated with sexual dysfunction is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, which treat depression by ultimately increasing levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain.
2024 March 21, Kristen Rogers, “If antidepressants are killing your sex life, here’s what you can do”, in CNN - obsoleteIn common; familiarly.
As he thereon stood gazing, he might see / The blessed Angels to and fro descend / From highest heaven in gladsome companee, / And with great joy into that Citie wend, / As commonly as friend does with his frend.
1590, Edmund Spenser, chapter LVI, in The Faerie Queene, Book I, lines 497–501Synonyms: affinitatively, friendly, homly, intimately, nearly
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn common; familiarly.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbunder normal conditions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishcomunly
- Englishcommonly
Inherited from Middle English comunly; equivalent to common + -ly.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic غالبا, عَادَةً
- غالباas a rule; usually
- عَادَةً (ʕādatan)as a rule; usually
- عُمُومًا (ʕumūman)as a rule; usually
Bulgarian обичайно
- обичайно (običajno)as a rule; usually
Catalan comunament
- comunamentas a rule; usually
Chinese Cantonese 通常, 普遍
- 通常as a rule; usually
- 普遍 (pou² pin³)as a rule; usually
Chinese Mandarin 通常
- 通常 (tōng cháng)as a rule; usually
Czech běžně
- běžněas a rule; usually
Esperanto kutime, komune
- kutimeas a rule; usually
- komuneas a rule; usually
Finnish usein, yleisesti
- useinas a rule; usually
- yleisestias a rule; usually
French communément, fréquemment
- communémentas a rule; usually
- fréquemmentas a rule; usually
German gewöhnlich
- gewöhnlichas a rule; usually
Hindi सामान्यतः
- सामान्यतः (sāmānyataḥ)as a rule; usually
Italian comunemente, frequentemente
- comunementeas a rule; usually
- frequentementeas a rule; usually
- spessoas a rule; usually
- normalmenteas a rule; usually
- usualmenteas a rule; usually
Polish powszechnie, zwykle
- powszechnieas a rule; usually
- zwykleas a rule; usually
Portuguese comumente
- comumenteas a rule; usually
Russian обы́чно, обыкнове́нно
- обы́чно (obýčno)as a rule; usually
- обыкнове́нно (obyknovénno)as a rule; usually
Spanish comúnmente
- comúnmenteas a rule; usually
Swedish vanligen
- vanligenas a rule; usually
Turkish sık sık, sıkça
- sık sıkas a rule; usually
- sıkçaas a rule; usually
Cite this entry
commonly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commonly
“commonly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commonly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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