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单词 routinely
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routinelyadv.

Brit. /ruːˈtiːnli/, /rʊˈtiːnli/, U.S. /ruˈtinli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: routine adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < routine adj. + -ly suffix2.
1. By rote, mechanically; (more generally) as a matter of course; on a regular basis; regularly, typically.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adverb] > as a matter of routine
routinely1858
1858 Eclectic Med. Jrnl. Nov. 491/2 Many patients get routinely physicked, regardless of the functional derangement.
1887 Med. Analectic Dec. 530/1 I..have fallen into the habit of routinely administering salines in small, often-repeated doses.
1948 A. Cooke in Manch. Guardian Weekly 29 Apr. 13/2 It has been routinely filed away and incorporated in the body of American dogma.
1956 Nature 25 Feb. 383/1 The inhibition of the enzyme by the osmium tetroxide fixative routinely used for electron microscopical preparations.
1965 Economist 10 July 137/3 Such infractions are routinely settled with a small bribe for the policeman.
1974 J. Heller Something Happened 101 ‘What did you do today?’ I ask routinely (before she can ask me).
2005 Academe 91 70/1 An annual embarrassment.., with Congress routinely failing to complete action by the end of the fiscal year.
2. As if by following a routine; without proper thought; unthinkingly.
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > continued thinking, reflection, contemplation > lack of reflection > [adverb]
inconsiderablya1646
unreflectingly1665
unthoughtfully1701
thoughtlessly1706
unthinkingly1717
uncannily1825
irreflectively1858
routinely1867
1867 A. Slade Turkey & Crimean War xxiii. 317 While the Russians..toiled day and night in throwing up redoubts on salient points, the Allies worked leisurely and routinely at their lines.
1884 Med. Advance Jan. 365 We must individualize, not treat routinely.
1924 Scribner's Mag. Aug. 216/1 Even now I think we take policemen, professors, conductors, etc., much too routinely.
1968 J. D. Watson Double Helix xviii. 129 He was only routinely enthusiastic as he went over Griffith's quantum-mechanical arguments.
2008 D. Bevington in K. Bamford & R. Knowles Shakespeare's Comedies of Love 90 As he describes those sensations [of love] they are too routinely stereotypical to represent any serious self-reflection.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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