usual
usual (yʹzh-əl) adjective
1. Commonly encountered, experienced, or observed: the usual summer heat.
2. Regularly or customarily used: ended the speech with the usual expressions of thanks.
3. In conformity with regular practice or procedure: Come at the usual time.
idiom.
as usual
As commonly or habitually happens: As usual, I slept late that Saturday morning.
[Middle English, from Old French usuel, from Late Latin ūsuālis, from Latin ūsus, use from past participle of ūtī, to use.]
uʹsually adverb
uʹsualness noun
Synonyms: usual, habitual, customary, accustomed. These adjectives apply to what is expected or familiar because it occurs frequently or recurs regularly. Usual describes what accords with normal, common, or ordinary practice or procedure: "The parson said the usual things about the seaits blueness . . . its beauty" (George du Maurier). Habitual implies repetition and force of habit: "He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual" (Thomas Jefferson). Customary and accustomed refer to conformity with the prevailing customs or conventions of a group or with an individual's own established practice: "It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions" (Thomas H. Huxley). She resolved the difficulty with her accustomed resourcefulness and tact.