Meanings
adverbnormally (comparative more normally, superlative most normally)
comparative more normally · superlative most normally
- Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time.
Normally, I eat breakfast at 6am, but today, I got up late and didn't eat until 9.
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It comes from the Latin insurgo, meaning “to rise up within”: so insurrectionists are, etymologically, the same as “insurgents”, even if that is normally a word for those who do not meekly accept western military rule.
2021 January 13, Steven Poole, “'Insurrection': how an old word for an old thing was Trumped”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2021A normally bustling border crossing between Tanzania and Malawi was noticeably quieter than usual on Thursday as a result of an escalating regional trade row.
2025 April 24, Sammi Awami, “Tanzania bans South Africa and Malawi imports as trade row escalates”, in BBC, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2025Synonyms: commonly
- In the expected or customary manner.
Lisa ate normally, until she realised that she was late for choir, when she sped up.
Synonyms: customarily
- To a usual or customary extent or degree.
He was abnormally agitated, she only normally so.
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An even more important reason is that our generation is not only normally ignorant but abnormally so. That is, we not only have scholars who do not know the history of the church's testimony, but we have those who tell it like it was not.
1984, Robert Charles Sproul, John Henry Gerstner, Arthur Lindsley, Classical Apologetics, →ISBN, page 178Synonyms: averagely
- mathematicsIn the manner of a variable with a Gaussian distribution.
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbUnder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time.
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adverbIn the expected or customary manner.
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adverbTo a usual or customary extent or degree.
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More synonyms by meaning
adverbunder normal conditions
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥h₃sḱéti
- Proto-Hellenic*gignṓskō
- Ancient Greekγιγνώσκω (gignṓskō)
- Ancient Greekγνώμων (gnṓmōn)
- Latinnorma
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinnōrmālis
- Englishnormal
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishnormally
Translations
Afrikaans gewoonlik
- gewoonlikunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
Arabic عَادَةً
- عَادَةً (ʕādatan)under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
Bulgarian обикновено
- обикновено (obiknoveno)under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
Catalan normalment, normalment
- normalmentunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- normalmentin the expected or customary manner
Chinese Cantonese 平時 /平时
- 平時 /平时 (ping⁴ si⁴)under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
Chinese Mandarin 平時 /平时, 一般
- 平時 /平时 (píngshí)under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- 一般 (yībān)under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- 通常 (tōngcháng)under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- 平常 (píngcháng)under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- 按理 (ànlǐ)under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- 正常地 (zhèngcháng de)in the expected or customary manner
- 正規地 /正规地 (zhèngguī de)in the expected or customary manner
Dutch normaal, normaliter
- normaalunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- normaliterunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- normaal gesprokenunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- normaal gezienunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- normalerwijzeunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- gewoonlijkunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- normaalin the expected or customary manner
- gewoonin the expected or customary manner
Esperanto norme, kutime
- normeunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- kutimein the expected or customary manner
- normalein the expected or customary manner
Estonian tavaliselt, normaalselt
- tavaliseltunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- normaalseltin the expected or customary manner
Finnish normaalisti, yleensä
- normaalistiunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- yleensäunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- normaalistiin the expected or customary manner
- tavalliseen tapaanin the expected or customary manner
French normalement, normalement
- normalementunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- normalementin the expected or customary manner
German normalerweise, normal
- normalerweiseunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- normalin the expected or customary manner
Greek κανονικά
- κανονικά (kanoniká)under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
Hindi सामान्यतः, सामान्यतः
- सामान्यतः (sāmānyataḥ)under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- सामान्यतः (sāmānyataḥ)in the expected or customary manner
Hungarian általában, rendszerint
- általábanunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- rendszerintunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- normálisanin the expected or customary manner
Indonesian biasanya
- biasanyaunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
Italian normalmente
- normalmenteunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
Korean 보통
- 보통 (botong)under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
Latin normaliter
- normaliterunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
Latvian normāli, parasti
- normāliunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- parastiunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
Portuguese normalmente, normalmente
- normalmenteunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- normalmentein the expected or customary manner
Romanian de obicei, în mod normal
- de obiceiunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- în mod normalunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
Russian обычно, как обычно
- обычно (obyčno)under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- как обычно (kak obyčno)in the expected or customary manner
Spanish normalmente, de costumbre
- normalmenteunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- de costumbreunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- normalmentein the expected or customary manner
- de costumbrein the expected or customary manner
Turkish normalde, normal bir şekilde
- normaldeunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- normal bir şekildein the expected or customary manner
Ukrainian зазвича́й, зазвича́й
- зазвича́й (zazvyčáj)under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- зазвича́й (zazvyčáj)in the expected or customary manner
- як за́вжди (jak závždy)in the expected or customary manner
Vietnamese thường, thông thường
- thườngunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- thông thườngunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
- bình thườngunder normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
Cite this entry
APA
normally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/normally
MLA
“normally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/normally. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “normally,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/normally.
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