regularly

English

Etymology

From regular +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: regʹyo͝oləli IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛɡjʊləli/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛɡjəli/
• (General American) enPR: regʹyələrli, IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛɡjəlɚli/

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• Hyphenation: reg‧u‧lar‧ly

Adverb

regularly (comparative more regularly, superlative most regularly)

1. With constant frequency or pattern.

   We regularly buy lottery tickets from the corner store.

   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 228:

     Wax models of the pudenda of both sexes were regularly placed before the altar.

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

     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.

2. normally; ordinarily.

   Noemi decided to dress regularly for the party, instead of going for an outrageous outfit.

   • 1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 358:

     The period of life at which initiation takes place is regularly puberty.

Synonyms

• (normally): as a rule, routinely; see also Thesaurus:normally

Derived terms

• unregularly

Translations

with constant frequency

Belarusian: рэгуля́рна (rehuljárna) Bulgarian: редовно (bg) (redovno), регулярно (bg) (reguljarno) Burmese: မှန်မှန် (hmanhman) Catalan: regularment (ca) Czech: pravidelně (cs) Esperanto: regule Estonian: regulaarselt Finnish: säännöllisesti (fi) French: régulièrement (fr), fréquemment (fr) Galician: regularmente (gl) German: regulär (de) Greek: τακτικά (el) (taktiká) Hungarian: rendszeresen (hu) Maori: riterite Occitan: regularament Polish: regularnie (pl) Portuguese: regularmente (pt) Russian: регуля́рно (ru) (reguljárno) Spanish: regularmente (es) Swedish: regelbundet (sv) Ukrainian: регуля́рно (rehuljárno)

normally, ordinarily

Bulgarian: нормално (bg) (normalno), обичайно (bg) (običajno) Catalan: regularment (ca) French: normalement (fr), ordinairement (fr) Galician: normalmente (gl) German: regelmäßig (de) Hungarian: szabályosan (hu) Portuguese: normalmente (pt) Russian: обы́чно (ru) (obýčno) Spanish: comúnmente (es) Swedish: vanligen (sv), vanligtvis (sv)