Definitions for: Usual


[adj] occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure; "grew the usual vegetables"; "the usual summer heat"; "came at the usual time"; "the child's usual bedtime"
[adj] commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting"



Webster (1913) Definition: U"su*al, a. [L. usualis, from usus use: cf. F. usuel.
See Use, n.]
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, adv. -- U"su*al*ness, n.

Synonyms: accustomed, customary, familiar, habitual, regular, wonted(a)

Antonyms: unusual

See Also: common

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