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normally

/ˈnɔː.mə.li/US/ˈnɔɹ.mə.li/

normally adverb: under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time.

Adverb

normally (comparative more normally, superlative most normally)

  1. Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
    • Normally, I eat breakfast at 6am, but today, I got up late and didn't eat until 9.
    • It comes from the Latin insurgo, meaning “to rise up within”: so insurrectionists are, etymologically, the same as “insurgents”, even if that is normally a word for those who do not meekly accept western military rule.2021 January 13, Steven Poole, “'Insurrection': how an old word for an old thing was Trumped”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2021
    Synonyms:
    commonly
  2. In the expected or customary manner.
    • Lisa ate normally, until she realised that she was late for choir, when she sped up.
    Synonyms:
    customarily
  3. To a usual or customary extent or degree.
    • He was abnormally agitated, she only normally so.
    • An even more important reason is that our generation is not only normally ignorant but abnormally so. That is, we not only have scholars who do not know the history of the church's testimony, but we have those who tell it like it was not.1984, Robert Charles Sproul, John Henry Gerstner, Arthur Lindsley, Classical Apologetics, →ISBN, page 178
    Synonyms:
    averagely
  4. In the manner of a variable with a Gaussian distribution.

normally meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

normally in Hindi

under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
सामान्यतः sāmānyataḥ
in the expected or customary manner
सामान्यतः sāmānyataḥ

normally in Tamil

பொதுவாக, இயல்பாக, வழக்கமாக

normally in Urdu

normally
عام طور سے 'āmm taur se

normally in Bengali

স্বাভাবিকভাবে, সাধারণত
More languagesFewer languages
normally in Malayalam
സാധാരണഗതിയിൽ
normally in Arabic
عَادَةً ʕādatan
normally in Indonesian
biasanya
normally in Vietnamese
thường, thông thường, bình thường

Examples of normally in a sentence

  • Normally very controlled, he dropped the F-bomb and cursed the paparazzi.
  • A pregnant woman during labor normally experiences a number of sharp contractions.
  • There was a strange quiet in the normally very lively plaza.

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Synonyms of normally

7 more synonymsFewer synonyms

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of normally

Forms of normally

comparativemore normally
superlativemost normally

Origin of normally

From normal + -ly.

Words formed from normally

Questions about normally

What does normally mean?
Normally means under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time.
What is normally in Hindi?
Normally in Hindi is सामान्यतः (sāmānyataḥ). See Normally meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is normally?
Normally is an adverb.
How do you pronounce normally?
Normally is pronounced /ˈnɔː.mə.li/ (UK).

Words near normally in the dictionary

  1. normalizing
  2. normaller
  3. normallest
  4. normallo
  5. normallos
  6. normally
  7. normally black
  8. normally white
  9. normalness
  10. normalograptid
  11. normaloid

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: normally (page history and authors); normally (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); عام طور سے (Urdu) (page history and authors); normally (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); normally (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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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