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commonlie

commonlie is the obsolete spelling of commonly.

Meaning of commonly

Adverb

commonly (comparative more commonly, superlative most commonly)

  1. As a rule; frequently; usually.
    • The class of antidepressants most commonly associated with sexual dysfunction is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, which treat depression by ultimately increasing levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain.2024 March 21, Kristen Rogers, “If antidepressants are killing your sex life, here’s what you can do”, in CNN
  2. (obsolete) In common; familiarly.
    • As he thereon stood gazing, he might see / The blessed Angels to and fro descend / From highest heaven in gladsome companee, / And with great joy into that Citie wend, / As commonly as friend does with his frend.1590, Edmund Spenser, chapter LVI, in The Faerie Queene, Book I, lines 497–501

Forms of commonlie

comparativemore commonlie
superlativemost commonlie

Questions about commonlie

What is commonlie the obsolete spelling of?
Commonlie is the obsolete spelling of commonly.

Words near commonlie in the dictionary

  1. commonizations
  2. commonize
  3. commonized
  4. commonizes
  5. commonizing
  6. commonlie
  7. commonly
  8. commonness
  9. commonnesses
  10. commonotic
  11. commonotonicity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: commonlie (page history and authors); commonly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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