If you say that something normally happens or that you normally do a particular thing, you mean that it is what usually happens or what you usuallydo.
All airports in the country are working normally today.
Social progress is normally a matter of struggles and conflicts.
Normally, the transportation system in Paris carries 950,000 passengers a day.
Synonyms: usually, generally, commonly, regularly More Synonyms of normally
2. adverb [ADVERB after verb]
If you do something normally, you do it in the usual or conventional way.
She would apparently eat normally and then make herself sick.
...failure of the blood to clot normally.
Synonyms: as usual, naturally, properly, conventionally More Synonyms of normally
normally in British English
(ˈnɔːməlɪ)
adverb
1.
as a rule; usually; ordinarily
2.
in a normal manner
normally in American English
(ˈnɔrməli)
adverb
1.
in a normal manner
2.
under normal circumstances; ordinarily
Examples of 'normally' in a sentence
normally
This makes a light sauce normally used for pasta, but it is also good on fried fish or sourdough toast.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This normally takes about 42 consecutive days, but can take longer.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Otherwise you are asking for trouble - and that normally means there's only one winner.
The Sun (2016)
They had to heave the eight-year-old Indian rhino with equipment normally used after accidents involving heavy vehicles or collapsed buildings.
The Sun (2016)
The birds do not normally use it again because old nests can be full of fleas.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Take paracetamol or ibuprofen to ease aches and pains and try to eat and drink normally.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This normally takes place when the crowd is bored.
The Sun (2009)
You may eat normally and have no need to count calories.
Shreeve, Dr Caroline M Lower Your Blood Pressure in 4 Easy Stages (1989)
In practice this normally meant after they had actually opened fire.
Oliver Poole BLACK KNIGHTS: On the Bloody Road to Baghdad (2003)
They said that it saved them an hour during a procedure that would normally take three hours.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
You may be convinced that when you eat normally you will gain an immense amount of weight.
French, Barbara Coping with Bulimia (1987)
He began to pull at my arm which normally means something is wrong.
The Sun (2012)
The process normally takes no more than an hour.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You are now able to do anything a person who eats normally can do.
Lutzner, Dr Helmut Successful Fasting -the easy way to cleanse your body of its poisons (1990)
For newly acquired goods the value to be used will normally be the full cost to the employer.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We had a night out last week and she had way more to drink than she normally does.
The Sun (2013)
That normally means do it yourself.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We normally say we'll worship when he gets us out of trouble.
Christianity Today (2000)
We normally use that system in the Cup.
The Sun (2011)
He seems slightly morose, but is eating and drinking normally.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
People lose a bit of their identity and their values when they join in and say things they wouldn't normally say.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Such fizzy progress would normally make me queasy but I think there may be further for it to go.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Midwives examined her, then left' for labour to progress normally.
The Sun (2013)
You normally say 40 points.
The Sun (2016)
In other languages
normally
British English: normally /ˈnɔːməlɪ/ ADVERB
If you say that something normally happens or that you normally do a particular thing, you mean that it is what usually happens or what you usually do.