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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Usual \U"su*al\, a. [L. usualis from usus use: cf F. usuel.
See {Use}, n.]
Such as is in common use such as occurs in ordinary
practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary;
ordinary; habitual; common.
Consultation with oracles was a thing very usual and
frequent in their times. --Hooker.
We can make friends of these usual enemies. --Baxter.
-- {U"su*al*ly}, adv -- {U"su*al*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
usual
adj 1: occurring or encountered or experienced or observed
frequently or in accordance with regular practice or
procedure; "grew the usual vegetables"; "the usual
summer heat"; "came at the usual time"; "the child's
usual bedtime" [ant: {unusual}]
2: commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint";
"the usual greeting" [syn: {common}]
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