regularly

English

Etymology

From regular ‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: regʹyo͝oləli IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛɡjʊləli/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛɡjəli/
• (General American) enPR: regʹyələrli, IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛɡjəlɚli/

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• Hyphenation: reg‧u‧lar‧ly

Adverb

regularly (comparative more regularly, superlative most regularly)

1. With constant frequency or pattern.

   We regularly buy lottery tickets from the corner store.

2. normally; ordinarily.

   Noemi decided to dress regularly for the party, instead of going for an outrageous outfit.

   • 1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 358:

     The period of life at which initiation takes place is regularly puberty.

Synonyms

• (normally): as a rule, routinely; see also Thesaurus:normally

Translations

with constant frequency

• Belarusian: рэгуля́рна (rehuljárna)
• Bulgarian: редовно (bg) (redovno), регулярно (bg) (reguljarno)
• Burmese: မှန်မှန် (hmanhman)
• Catalan: regularment (ca)
• Czech: pravidelně (cs)
• Esperanto: regule
• Estonian: regulaarselt
• Finnish: säännöllisesti (fi)
• French: régulièrement (fr), fréquemment (fr)
• Galician: regularmente (gl)
• German: regulär (de)
• Greek: τακτικά (el) (taktiká)
• Hungarian: rendszeresen (hu)
• Maori: riterite
• Occitan: regularament
• Polish: regularnie (pl)
• Portuguese: regularmente (pt)
• Russian: регуля́рно (ru) (reguljárno)
• Spanish: regularmente (es)
• Swedish: regelbundet (sv)
• Ukrainian: регуля́рно (rehuljárno)

normally, ordinarily

• Bulgarian: нормално (bg) (normalno), обичайно (bg) (običajno)
• Catalan: regularment (ca)
• French: normalement (fr), ordinairement (fr)
• Galician: normalmente (gl)
• German: regelmäßig (de)
• Hungarian: szabályosan (hu)
• Portuguese: normalmente (pt)
• Russian: обы́чно (ru) (obýčno)
• Spanish: comúnmente (es)
• Swedish: vanligen (sv), vanligtvis (sv)