normally

adverbcommon in dialogue

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Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time

adverb

1
Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
Normally, I eat breakfast at 6am, but today, I got up late and didn't eat until 9.
It comes from the Latin insurgo, meaning “to rise up within”: so insurrectionists are, etymologically, the same as “insurgents”, even if that is normally a word for those who do not meekly accept western military rule.
A normally bustling border crossing between Tanzania and Malawi was noticeably quieter than usual on Thursday as a result of an escalating regional trade row.
2
In the expected or customary manner.
Lisa ate normally, until she realised that she was late for choir, when she sped up.
3
To a usual or customary extent or degree.
He was abnormally agitated, she only normally so.
An even more important reason is that our generation is not only normally ignorant but abnormally so. That is, we not only have scholars who do not know the history of the church's testimony, but we have those who tell it like it was not.
4
In the manner of a variable with a Gaussian distribution.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Ancient Greek -μων (-mōn) Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn)bor. Etruscanbor.? Latin norma Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōrmālisder. English normal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English normally From normal + -ly.

Forms

comparative: more normally
superlative: most normally

norma · A norm.Norma · A female given name originating as a coinage.normal · According to norms or rules or to a regular pattern.

normally · Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time

norman · A wooden bar, or iron pin.Norman · A native or inhabitant of Normandy, France.Normandy · An administrative region, historical province, and medieval…

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