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com·mon·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
normally, usually, unremarkably, commonly, ordinarilyadverb
under normal conditions
"usually she was late"
Wiktionary
commonlyadverb
as a rule; frequently; usually
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Commonlyadverb
Frequently; usually; ordinarily.
Etymology: from common.
This hand of your’s requires
Much castigation, exercise devout;
For here’s a strong and sweating devil here,
That commonly rebels. William Shakespeare, Othello.A great disease may change the frame of a body, though, if it lives to recover strength, it commonly returns to its natural constitution. William Temple.
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commonly
Commonly is an adverb that means something is done or occurs frequently or often, or it refers to a shared or widespread characteristic or behavior among a group of people or things.
Webster Dictionary
Commonlyadverb
usually; generally; ordinarily; frequently; for the most part; as, confirmed habits commonly continue through life
Commonlyadverb
in common; familiarly
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'commonly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3662
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'commonly' in Adverbs Frequency: #263
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of commonly in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of commonly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of commonly in a Sentence
Senator Gardner's bill includes a number of the Affordable Care Act's consumer protections, but one big one it leaves out is the requirement that insurers guarantee coverage to anyone, including people with pre-existing conditions, without that requirement, insurers could simply turn down people with pre-existing conditions who apply, which they commonly did in the individual insurance market before the ACA went into effect.
Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.
Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.
Slavery may, perhaps, be best compared to the infantile disease of measles; a complaint which so commonly attacks the young of humanity in their infancy, and when gone through at that period leaves behind it so few fatal marks; but which when it normally attacks the fully developed adult becomes one of the most virulent and toxic of diseases, often permanently poisoning the constitution where it does not end in death.
It is commonly a dangerous thing for a man to have more sense than his neighbours. Socrates paid for his superiority with his life; and if Aristotle saved his skin, accused as he was of heresy by the chief priest Eurymedon, it was because he took to his heels in time.
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- عادةArabic
- обичайноBulgarian
- comunamentCatalan, Valencian
- běžněCzech
- gewöhnlichGerman
- kutime, komuneEsperanto
- comúnmenteSpanish
- usein, yleisestiFinnish
- fréquemmentFrench
- comunmenteGalician
- սովորաբարArmenian
- comunemente, frequentementeItalian
- powszechnie, zwyklePolish
- comumente, geralmentePortuguese
- обыкнове́нно, обы́чноRussian
- vanligenSwedish
- sık sık, sıkçaTurkish
- 通常Chinese
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