normally

English

Etymology

normal +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔːmə.li/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɹ.mə.li/

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Adverb

normally (comparative more normally, superlative most normally)

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.

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.

   • 1984, Robert Charles Sproul, John Henry Gerstner, Arthur Lindsley, Classical Apologetics, →ISBN, page 178:

     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. (mathematics, statistics) In the manner of a variable with a Gaussian distribution.

Synonyms

• (most of the time): commonly, frequently, ordinarily; see also Thesaurus:usually
• (in the expected manner): customarily, habitually, routinely; see also Thesaurus:normally
• (to a usual degree): averagely
• (mathematics):

Derived terms

• normally black
• normally white

 

Related terms

• normality

Translations

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

• Afrikaans: gewoonlik (af)
• Bulgarian: обикновено (bg) (obiknoveno)
• Catalan: normalment (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 平時／平时 (ping⁴ si⁴)

  Mandarin: 平時／平时 (zh) (píngshí), 一般 (zh) (yībān), 通常 (zh) (tōngcháng), 平常 (zh) (píngcháng), 按理 (zh) (ànlǐ)

• Dutch: normaal (nl), normaliter (nl), normaal gesproken, normaal gezien, normalerwijze (nl), gewoonlijk (nl)
• Esperanto: norme
• Finnish: normaalisti (fi), yleensä (fi)
• French: normalement (fr)
• Georgian: როგორც წესი (rogorc c̣esi), ჩვეულებრივ (čveulebriv)
• German: normalerweise (de)
• Greek: κανονικά (el) (kanoniká)
• Hungarian: általában (hu), rendszerint (hu)
• Indonesian: biasanya (id)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Kazakh: әдетте (ädette), әдетінше (ädetınşe), әншейінде (änşeiınde)
• Khmer: ធម្មតា (km) (thŏəmmĕəʼdaa)
• Korean: 보통 (ko) (botong)
• Latin: normaliter
• Latvian: normāli, parasti
• Portuguese: normalmente (pt)
• Romanian: de obicei, în mod normal
• Russian: обычно (ru) (obyčno)
• Spanish: normalmente (es), de costumbre
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: normalde
• Ukrainian: зазвича́й (zazvyčáj)
• Vietnamese: thường (vi), thông thường (vi), bình thường (vi)

in the expected or customary manner

• Catalan: normalment (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 正常地 (zhèngcháng de), 正規地／正规地 (zhèngguī de)

• Dutch: normaal (nl), gewoon (nl)
• Esperanto: kutime, normale
• Finnish: normaalisti (fi), tavalliseen tapaan
• French: normalement (fr)
• Georgian: ნორმალურად (normalurad)
• German: normal (de)
• Hungarian: normálisan (hu)
• Portuguese: normalmente (pt)
• Russian: как обычно (kak obyčno)
• Spanish: normalmente (es), de costumbre
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: normal bir şekilde
• Ukrainian: зазвича́й (zazvyčáj), як за́вжди (jak závždy)

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• French: ^{(please verify)} normalement (fr)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} normaliter