regularly

adv — 2 senses

regularly

adv

UK /ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.lə.li/ · US /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.lɚ.li/

Etymology From regular + -ly.

1

With constant frequency or pattern.

We regularly buy lottery tickets from the corner store.
Wax models of the pudenda of both sexes were regularly placed before the altar.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 228:

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

2

normally; ordinarily.

Noemi decided to dress regularly for the party, instead of going for an outrageous outfit.
The period of life at which initiation takes place is regularly puberty.1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 358:

Synonyms: as a rule, routinely
Derived terms: unregularly

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