normally

Everyday

1. Usually; in most cases: «I normally walk to school». tree →
2. In a normal or ordinary way: «Breathe normally». tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life: describing routines — «I normally go to bed at eight». In science: «the heart normally beats 70–100 times a minute for children». In stories «normally» sets up something unusual: «Normally the house was quiet, but that night…». Similar: usually, generally, typically.

Examples

• I normally have cereal for breakfast. tree →
• Normally the library is quiet. tree →
• Breathe normally and relax. tree →
• The shop is normally open on Sundays, but not today. tree →
• The bus normally comes at eight. tree →
• After the cast came off, he could walk normally again. tree →

Note

Adverb from «normal» + «-ly», double l. Position: before the main verb (I normally walk) or after «be» (He is normally late). Spelling trap: normally, not «normaly».

In Jewish tradition

In everyday life: describing routines — «I normally go to bed at eight». In science: «the heart normally beats 70–100 times a minute for children». In stories «normally» sets up something unusual: «Normally the house was quiet, but that night…». Similar: usually, generally, typically.

Examples

• Although Resh is usually thought to belong to the letters which cannot normally receive a dagesh, this was apparently not the case for these traditions. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• The first is clearly the root שָׁכַב shakhav ‘to lie, lie down’, but שכובה looks like a passive participle, shekhuvah, while shakhav is normally an intransitive verb not amenable to being made passive. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →

Note

Adverb from «normal» + «-ly», double l. Position: before the main verb (I normally walk) or after «be» (He is normally late). Spelling trap: normally, not «normaly».