commonly

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From common + -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɑmənli/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmənli/
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  • Hyphenation: com‧mon‧ly

Adverb

commonly (comparative more commonly, superlative most commonly)

  1. As a rule; frequently; usually.
  2. (obsolete) In common; familiarly.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, chapter LVI, in The Faerie Queene, Book I, lines 497–501:
      As he thereon stood gazing, he might see / The blessed Angels to and fro descend / From highest heaven in gladsome companee, / And with great joy into that Citie wend, / As commonly as friend does with his frend.

Synonyms

Translations

Scots

Etymology

From common (common) + -ly (-ly).

Adverb

commonly (comparative mair commonly, superlative maist commonly)

  1. Commonly.
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