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Usual   /jˈuʒəwəl/  /jˈuʒuəl/   Listen
Usual

adjective
1.
Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure.  "The usual summer heat" , "Came at the usual time" , "The child's usual bedtime"
2.
Commonly encountered.  Synonym: common.  "The usual greeting"



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"Usual" Quotes from Famous Books



... engulfed. The stunning and unearthly roar of the flames aided this appearance, which was further heightened by the enormous billows of flame that ever and anon rolled tumultuously onward as they were caught by some gust of wind of more than usual violence. The spires of the churches looked like the spars of "tall admirals," that had foundered, while the blackening ruins of the halls and larger buildings well represented the ribs and ...
— Old Saint Paul's - A Tale of the Plague and the Fire • William Harrison Ainsworth

... past one and two, that afternoon, when Phyllis again appeared at Rest Haven—a very auspicious time, for Miss Marcia was in her room taking her usual long nap and Ted and his father had gone a mile or more down the beach to an inlet to try the fishing there. The two girls had the whole ...
— The Dragon's Secret • Augusta Huiell Seaman

... two unshaded lights; the walls, from which all the paper had been torn off, were decorated with lists of sub-committees, posters, and rows of figures scrawled here and there in pencil. The room was divided from the main drawing-room by the usual folding-doors. The smaller apartment had been chosen in the winter because it was somewhat easier to keep warm than the other one. In the main drawing-room the honorary secretary camped himself at a desk ...
— The Pretty Lady • Arnold E. Bennett

... visitor with her usual whimsical smile. She had grown very fond of Pamela; they were absolutely at ease with each other, and could enjoy talking, ...
— Penny Plain • Anna Buchan (writing as O. Douglas)

... John seems to have broken away from his usual humility. He joined with his brother in a request for the highest places in the new kingdom. This is only one of the evidences of John's humanness,—that he was of like passions with the rest of us. Jesus treated ...
— Personal Friendships of Jesus • J. R. Miller


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