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Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti

Proto-Italic *regō

Latin regō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Indo-European *-tlom, *-dʰlom

Latin -ula

Latin rēgula

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Latin rēgulārisder.

Anglo-Norman regulerder.

Middle English reguler

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Latin rēgulārisbor.

English regular

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English regularly

From regular + -ly.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: regʹyo͝oləli IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.lə.li/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.li/
(General American) enPR: regʹyələrli, IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.lɚ.li/
- Audio (US): (file)
Hyphenation: reg‧u‧lar‧ly

Adverb

regularly (comparative more regularly, superlative most regularly)

With constant frequency or pattern.
We regularly buy lottery tickets from the corner store.
- 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 228:
  Wax models of the pudenda of both sexes were regularly placed before the altar.
- 2025 November 12, Tony Streeter, “All around the world”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 42:
  Promontory's "last spike" ceremony was so significant to the USA's history that it is still regularly re-enacted today, using replica locomotives that nose up to each other just as the originals did.
Normally; ordinarily.
Noemi decided to dress regularly for the party, instead of going for an outrageous outfit.
- 1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 358:
  The period of life at which initiation takes place is regularly puberty.

Synonyms

(normally): as a rule, routinely; see also Thesaurus:normally

Derived terms

unregularly

Translations

with constant frequency

Belarusian: рэгуля́рна (rehuljárna)
Bulgarian: редовно (bg) (redovno), регулярно (bg) (reguljarno)
Burmese: မှန်မှန် (hmanhman)
Catalan: regularment (ca)
Czech: pravidelně (cs)
Esperanto: regule
Estonian: regulaarselt
Finnish: säännöllisesti (fi)
French: régulièrement (fr), fréquemment (fr)
Galician: regularmente (gl)
German: regulär (de)
Greek: τακτικά (el) (taktiká)
Hungarian: rendszeresen (hu)
Māori: riterite
Occitan: regularament
Polish: regularnie (pl), systematycznie (pl)
Portuguese: regularmente (pt)
Russian: регуля́рно (ru) (reguljárno)
Spanish: regularmente (es)
Swedish: regelbundet (sv)
Ukrainian: регуля́рно (rehuljárno)

normally, ordinarily

Bulgarian: нормално (bg) (normalno), обичайно (bg) (običajno)
Catalan: regularment (ca)
Finnish: yleensä (fi), tavallisesti (fi)
French: normalement (fr), ordinairement (fr)
Galician: normalmente (gl)
German: regelmäßig (de)
Hungarian: szabályosan (hu)
Polish: normalnie (pl), typowo (pl)
Portuguese: normalmente (pt)
Russian: обы́чно (ru) (obýčno)
Spanish: comúnmente (es)
Swedish: vanligen (sv), vanligtvis (sv)

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