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usual |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Usual \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: usual adj 1: 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" [ant: {unusual}] 2: commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting" [syn: {common}]
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