From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Usual \U"su*al\, adjective [L. usualis, from usus use: cf. F. usuel. See {Use}, noun] Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual; common.
Consultation with oracles was a thing very usual and frequent in their times. --Hooker.
We can make friends of these usual enemies. --Baxter. -- {U"su*al*ly}, adverb -- {U"su*al*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
usually
adverb: under normal conditions; "usually she was late" [syn: {normally}, {unremarkably}, {commonly}, {ordinarily}] [ant: {unusually}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "usually": accustomedly, again and again, all in all, all things considered, altogether, as a rule, as a whole, as an approximation, as is usual, as per usual, as things go, as usual, at large, broadly, broadly speaking, by and large, chiefly, commonly, consistently, conventionally, customarily, frequently, generally, generally speaking, habitually, in general, in many instances, in the main, inveterately, mainly, many a time, many times, most often, mostly, naturally, normally, normatively, not infrequently, not seldom, oft, often, often enough, oftentimes, ofttimes, on balance, on the whole, ordinarily, overall, predominantly, prescriptively, prevailingly, regularly, repeatedly, roughly, roughly speaking, routinely, speaking generally, to be expected, unseldom, whenever you wish, wontedly
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