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commonly
CIDE DICTIONARY
commonly, adv.
- Usually; generally; ordinarily; frequently; for the most part; as, confirmed habits commonly continue through life. [1913 Webster]
- In common; familiarly. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
commonly
again and again, all in all, all things considered, altogether, as a rule, as a whole, as an approximation, as per usual, as things go, as usual, at large, banally, basely, broadly, broadly speaking, by and large, chiefly, commonplacely, communally, customarily, each to each, entre nous, familiarly, frequently, generally, generally speaking, habitually, hackneyedly, in general, in many instances, inferiorly, inter se, jointly, mainly, many a time, many times, matter-of-factly, meanly, most often, mostly, mutually, naturally, normally, normatively, not infrequently, not seldom, oft, often, often enough, oftentimes, ofttimes, on balance, on the whole, ordinarily, overall, plainly, poorly, predominantly, prescriptively, prevailingly, prosaically, regularly, repeatedly, respectively, roughly, roughly speaking, routinely, simply, speaking generally, stalely, to be expected, tritely, truistically, unoriginally, unseldom, usually, whenever you wishROGET THESAURUS
commonly
Frequency
N frequency, oftness, oftenness, commonness, repetition, normality, example (conformity), routine, custom (habit), regularity, uniformity, constancy, clock-work precision, punctuality, even tenor, system, routine, formula, rule, keynote, standard, model, precedent, conformity, frequent, many times, not rare, thickcoming, incessant, perpetual, continual, steady, constant, thick, uniform, repeated, customary, (habit), regular (normal), according to rule, common, everyday, usual, ordinary, familiar, old-hat, boring, well-known, trivial, often, oft, ofttimes, oftentimes, frequently, repeatedly, unseldom, not unfrequently, in quick succession, in rapid succession, many a time and oft, daily, hourly, every day, every hour, every moment, perpetually, continually, constantly, incessantly, without ceasing, at all times, daily and hourly, night and day, day and night, day after day, morning noon and night, ever anon, invariably (habit), most often, commonly, sometimes, occasionally, at times, now and then, from time to time, there being times when, toties quoties, often enough, when the mood strikes, again and again.For further exploring for "commonly" in Webster Dictionary Online