HOW TO PRONOUNCE
usually
/ˈjuʒəli/
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Use three syllables.
Begin with a strong yoo and the voiced zh of vision. Another pronunciation includes w and an extra light vowel, creating a four-syllable pronunciation.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
Also listed with 4 syllables.
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“We usually take the earlier train.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does usually mean?
adverb
- Most of the time; less than always, but more than occasionally.
- Under normal conditions.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈjuʒəli/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/ˈjuːʒʊəli//ˈjuːʒli//ˈjuːʒəli//ˈju.ʒu.(ə.)li/
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Tillie always said that Thea was “so indifferent to dress,” but her mother noticed that she usually put her clothes on well.
When reproached for this afterward, they usually expressed sorrow, and swore by their gods that the guns had exploded without their permission.
More book examples (3)
He had played nearly every day at one club or other, but he was a cautious player, and usually rose a winner.
She was a woman of middle-age, with well-formed features of the type usually found where perspicacity is the chief quality enthroned within.
But there was an expression on her usually cold face that was attractive just then, and Billy was in search of attractions.