regularly

From regular + -ly.

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: regʹyo͝oləli IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.lə.li/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.li/
• (General American) enPR: regʹyələrli, IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.lɚ.li/

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• Hyphenation: reg‧u‧lar‧ly

regularly (comparative more regularly, superlative most regularly)

1. With constant frequency or pattern.

   We regularly buy lottery tickets from the corner store.

   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 228:

     Wax models of the pudenda of both sexes were regularly placed before the altar.

   • 2025 November 12, Tony Streeter, “All around the world”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 42:

     Promontory's "last spike" ceremony was so significant to the USA's history that it is still regularly re-enacted today, using replica locomotives that nose up to each other just as the originals did.

2. normally; ordinarily.

   Noemi decided to dress regularly for the party, instead of going for an outrageous outfit.

   • 1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 358:

     The period of life at which initiation takes place is regularly puberty.

• (normally): as a rule, routinely; see also Thesaurus:normally