usual Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure
    • grew the usual vegetables
    • the usual summer heat
    • came at the usual time
    • the child's usual bedtime
  2. adjective satellite commonly encountered
    common.
    • a common (or familiar) complaint
    • the usual greeting

WordNet

U"su*al adjective
Etymology
L. usualis, from usus use: cf. F. usuel. See Use, n.
Definitions
  1. Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual; common.
    Consultation with oracles was a thing very usual and frequent in their times. Hooker.
    We can make friends of these usual enemies. Baxter.
    -- U"su*al*ly, adv. -- U"su*al*ness, n.

Webster 1913