normallyadverb
uk/ˈnɔː.mə.li/us/ˈnɔːr.mə.li/B2 If something happens normally, it happens in the usual or expected way:
Are the phones working normally again?
B1 mainly UK If you normally do something, you usually or regularly do it:
She doesn't normally arrive until ten.
Normally, I plan one or two days ahead.
More examples
- The television was functioning normally until yesterday.
- What time does he normally get home (from work)?
- Children normally feel a lot of anxiety about their first day at school.
- I wouldn't normally agree but I'll make an exception in this case.
- These normally harmless substances combine to form a highly poisonous gas.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Habitual and customary
- accustomed
- all in a day's work idiom
- as a (general) rule idiom
- as a matter of course idiom
- as per usual/normal idiom
- expect
- more
- more often than not idiom 1
- more often than not
- natural
- naturally
- nine
- pro forma
- rule
- rule
- surprise
- surprise, surprise idiom
- trad
- usu
- usual
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