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nor·mal·ly
 normally
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- pronunciation:
- nor
m
li
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adverb |
| definition 1: |
If you do something normally, you do it in the usual way you do it, or in the way most people do it. If you walk normally, you walk in the usual way that you walk, or you walk the way most people walk. If you're walking backwards, you are probably not walking normally.
Because Malik broke his finger, he can't write normally.The dog was not eating normally, so his owner took him to the vet.The little boy was acting silly and pretending to be a rabbit at the doctor's office, so his mother told him to act normally.- antonyms:
- strange
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| definition 2: |
If you normally sleep late on Saturdays, it means you usually sleep late on Saturdays. There is nothing strange about it. Doing that is just ordinary.
Normally, Alicia's dad comes home around seven in the evening, but he was very late last night and didn't get back till after nine o'clock.It normally rains a lot in April, but this year it was pretty dry. |
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