commonly

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English

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English comunly; equivalent to common +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

Adverb

commonly (comparative more commonly, superlative most commonly)

  1. As a rule; frequently; usually.
    • 2024 March 21, Kristen Rogers, “If antidepressants are killing your sex life, here’s what you can do”, in CNN‎:
      The class of antidepressants most commonly associated with sexual dysfunction is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, which treat depression by ultimately increasing levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain.
  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.

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Translations

Middle English

Adverb

commonly

  1. Alternative form of comunly

Scots

Adverb

commonly (comparative mair commonly, superlative maist commonly)

  1. Alternative form of commounly
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