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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Usual \U"su*al\, a. [L. usualis, from usus use: cf. F. usuel.
See {Use}, n.]
Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary
practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary;
ordinary; habitual; common.
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Consultation with oracles was a thing very usual and
frequent in their times. --Hooker.
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We can make friends of these usual enemies. --Baxter.
[1913 Webster] -- {U"su*al*ly}, adv. -- {U"su*al*ness}, n.
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