COMMONLY Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

commonly

adverb

Definition of commonly

as in usually

according to the usual course of things the clusters of idle teens that can commonly be found hanging around any mall

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Recent Examples of commonly The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, known commonly as the McCain-Feingold Act, was one effort to control spending and ad content. — Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026 Presbyopia — the gradual loss of the ability to focus on nearby objects — commonly develops in middle age and often leads to the need for reading glasses. — Angelica Stabile , Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 More commonly, organizational issues, rather than technical ones, are holding manufacturers back. — Sanjay Brahmawar, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 The second two, the Steel Nomad regular and Light subtests, focus on APIs more commonly used in game development, such as Metal and DirectX 12, to assess gaming performance with geometry and particle effects. — Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2026 The repeal of the conservation regulation commonly known as the Roadless Rule, would affect nearly 45 million acres of national forests across the country, including about 10,666 acres in Shawnee. — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026 This missile was officially named Aggregat 4 (A4) but is more commonly known as the V-2. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2026 Influenza, or more commonly known as the flu, is a potentially serious disease that can lead to hospitalization and sometimes even death, according to the Centers for Disease Control. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026 Leadership also commonly passes from one generation of the founding family to the next. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for commonly

Adverb

Anyone who got infected with chickenpox as a child is at risk of later developing shingles, a painful, blistering rash that usually appears on one side of the body.

— Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026
That’s how conspiracy theories usually start, with one real fact inside a larger unverified story.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of usually

Adverb

With overtaking not normally allowed on a formation lap, third-place Kimi Antonelli waited behind Lewis Hamilton's slow-moving Ferrari as the Italian team scrambled to solve a software issue.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026
That meant the model could determine things such as its surroundings, quest progress, and available targets without ever receiving the visual information a human player normally relies on.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of normally

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Results from consumer goods and aviation majors typically offer an early read on shifting fuel expenses, freight costs, and end consumer demand.

— , CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Let’s say a patient is admitted with diverticulitis requiring surgery (typically billed as DRG 331 if there are no complications).

— Leah Pierson, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026