commonly
advUS /ˈkɑmənli/ · UK /ˈkɒmənli/
Etymology Inherited from Middle English comunly; equivalent to common + -ly.
1
As a rule; frequently; usually.
- The class of antidepressants most commonly associated with sexual dysfunction is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, which treat depression by ultimately increasing levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain.2024 March 21, Kristen Rogers, “If antidepressants are killing your sex life, here’s what you can do”, in CNN:
2
Obsolete In common; familiarly.
- As he thereon stood gazing, he might see / The blessed Angels to and fro descend / From highest heaven in gladsome companee, / And with great joy into that Citie wend, / As commonly as friend does with his frend.1590, Edmund Spenser, chapter LVI, in The Faerie Queene, Book I, lines 497–501:
- Synonyms
- most of the time, affinitatively, friendly, homly, intimately, nearly