# normally

Pronunciation: US say "NOR-muh-lee" /ˈnɔɹ.mə.li/; UK say "NAW-muh-lee" /ˈnɔːmə.li/

## Adverb

1. In ordinary circumstances; as a rule, or most of the time.
   - Simple: Most of the time, in the way things usually happen.
   - _The train normally arrives a few minutes before nine._
   - _Normally we'd take the highway, but it's closed for repairs._
2. In the usual or expected way, or to the usual degree, with nothing unusual or wrong.
   - Simple: In the usual way, with nothing wrong or strange about it.
   - _Once the update finished, the software functioned normally._
   - _Despite the cold, the engine started normally this morning._
3. In the manner of a variable that follows a Gaussian distribution.
   - Simple: In a way that spreads out values in the common bell-shaped pattern.
   - _The analysis assumes that measurement errors are normally distributed around zero._
   - _Heights in a large population tend to be normally distributed._

## Origin

Formed from "normal" combined with the adverb-forming suffix "-ly".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/normally (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).