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OneKitly

commonly

adverbattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈkɒmənli//
  • United States//ˈkɑmənli//

As a rule; frequently; usually.

adverb

  1. 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.

  2. 2

    obsoleteIn 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.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English comunly; equivalent to common + -ly.

Forms

comparative
more commonly
superlative
most commonly
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).