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normally

  • /ˈnɔː.mə.li/ UK
  • /ˈnɔɹ.mə.li/ Canada, US
  • /ˈnɔ.mə.li/ dialectal
  • /ˈnoː.mə.li/ Australia, New Zealand

adverb more normally · most normally

  1. 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.

    Similar: commonly

  2. In the expected or customary manner. Lisa ate normally, until she realised that she was late for choir, when she sped up.

    Similar: customarily

  3. To a usual or customary extent or degree. He was abnormally agitated, she only normally so.

    Similar: averagely

  4. In the manner of a variable with a Gaussian distribution.

Similar: frequently, ordinarily, habitually, routinely, as a matter of course, as a rule, generally, in general, normally, regularly, typically, unexceptionally, usually, wontedly, wontly · Opposite: atypically, exceptionally, irregularly, unusually

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: commonly, usually, ordinarily, unremarkably, conventionally, typically, usual, habitually, routinely, customarily, mostly, general, typical, generally, regularly, often

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adv under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time

Españolnormalmente, de costumbre
한국어보통 botong
中文平時 /平时 píngshí, 一般 yībān, 通常 tōngcháng, 平常 píngcháng, 按理 ànlǐ
हिन्दीसामान्यतः sāmānyataḥ
Portuguêsnormalmente
Françaisnormalement
Deutschnormalerweise
Italianonormalmente
Ελληνικάκανονικά kanoniká
Românăde obicei, în mod normal
Русскийобычно obyčno
Tiếng Việtthường, thông thường, bình thường
العربيةعَادَةً ʕādatan

adv in the expected or customary manner

Españolnormalmente, de costumbre
中文正常地 zhèngcháng de, 正規地 /正规地 zhèngguī de
हिन्दीसामान्यतः sāmānyataḥ
Portuguêsnormalmente
Françaisnormalement
Deutschnormal
Русскийкак обычно kak obyčno

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@misc{normally_2026,
  title = {normally},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/normally},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}