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Webster 1913 Edition


Usual

U′su-al

,
Adj.
[L.
usualis
, from
usus
use: cf. F.
usuel
. See
Use
,
Noun.
]
Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual; common.
Consultation with oracles was a thing very
usual
and frequent in their times.
Hooker.
We can make friends of these
usual
enemies.
Baxter.
–
U′su-al-ly
,
adv.
–
U′su-al-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Usual

U'SUAL

,
Adj.
s as z. Customary; common; frequent; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events. Rainy weather is not usual in this climate.
Consultation with oracles was formerly a thing very usual.