Usualli

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. Done in the way that is typical or expected on most occasions, following the regular pattern of things
2. Describing what happens as a matter of routine or habit under ordinary circumstances
3. Following the customary manner or the way something is generally carried out in everyday practice

Etymology: The adjective "usual" comes from Late Latin "usualis," which is built on the Latin noun "usus," meaning "use." English borrowed it through Old French "usuel" in the late Middle English period. The "-ly" ending is the Old English suffix "-lice," which turned the adjective into an adverb meaning "in a usual manner." The most surprising relative of this family is "usury." It comes from the same Latin "usura," meaning "use" or "the fee for using something," and originally meant simply the payment for borrowing money, with no suggestion of wrongdoing. Only later did it come to mean lending at excessive interest. "Use" itself shares the same root, so a single Latin idea of employing something lies behind a common everyday verb, a commonplace adverb, and a word now tied to moneylending abuses.