normally

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin norma Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nōrmālisder. English normal 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 normally From normal + -ly.

1. Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time

   “Normally, I eat breakfast at 6am, but today, I got up late and didn't eat until 9.”

   “It comes from the Latin insurgo, meaning “to rise up within”: so insurrectionists are, etymologically, the same as “insurgents”, even if that is normally a word for those who do not meekly accept western military rule.”

2. In the expected or customary manner.

   “Lisa ate normally, until she realised that she was late for choir, when she sped up.”

3. To a usual or customary extent or degree.

   “He was abnormally agitated, she only normally so.”

   “An even more important reason is that our generation is not only normally ignorant but abnormally so. That is, we not only have scholars who do not know the history of the church's testimony, but we have those who tell it like it was not.”

4. In the manner of a variable with a Gaussian distribution.