Meanings
- idiomaticRegularly; occurring in regular time intervals or patterns.
Three of them—Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, and Newt Gingrich—had contracts with Fox News that paid them handsomely to say outrageous and thus bankable things on a regular basis.
2013, Jonathan Alter, chapter 14, in The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 1762 more examples
'[…] I tipped her double to pretend we were dating on a regular basis, and to act as if she was crazy about me. Only in public,' Rimmer waved his hand, as if to ward off evil thoughts
1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful DriversUnited are increasingly confident of signing Chelsea's England midfield man Mason Mount, while a top line striker is a pressing priority, with Tottenham's Harry Kane linked on a regular basis.
2023 June 3, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 2-1 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport, Wembley Stadium, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2023Synonyms: on the regular · Antonyms: on an irregular basis
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseRegularly; occurring in regular time intervals or patterns.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbin a regular manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish säännöllisesti
- säännöllisestiregularly
Japanese 定期的に
- 定期的に (teikiteki ni)regularly
Polish na bieżąco
- na bieżącoregularly
Cite this entry
on a regular basis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20a%20regular%20basis
“on a regular basis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20a%20regular%20basis. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on a regular basis,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20a%20regular%20basis.
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