As usual
habitual or customary:
her usual skill.
commonly met with or observed in experience; ordinary:
the usual january weather.
commonplace; everyday:
he says the usual things.
something that is usual:
he could expect only the usual.
as usual, in the customary or usual manner:
as usual, he forgot my birthday.
adjective
of the most normal, frequent, or regular type; customary: that’s the usual sort of application to send
noun
ordinary or commonplace events (esp in the phrase out of the usual)
(informal) the usual, the habitual or usual drink, meal, etc
adj.
late 14c., from old french usuel (late 13c.), from late latin usualis “ordinary,” from latin usus “custom” (see use). the usual suspects is from a line delivered by claude rains (as a french police inspector) in “casablanca” (1942).
noun
a person who uses narcotics, esp an addict (1950s+ narcotics)
in the normal, habitual, or accustomed way, as in as usual, he forgot to put away the milk . this idiom was first recorded in 1716. also see business as usual
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as usual
business as usual
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- As well as
in a good or satisfactory manner: business is going well. thoroughly, carefully, or soundly: to shake well before using; listen well. in a moral or proper manner: to behave well. commendably, meritoriously, or excellently: a difficult task well done. with propriety, justice, or reason: i could not well refuse. adequately or sufficiently: think well before […]
- As were
to the same degree, amount, or extent; similarly; equally: i don’t think it’s as hot and humid today as it was yesterday. for example; for instance: some flowers, as the rose, require special care. thought to be or considered to be: the square as distinct from the rectangle; the church as separate from the state. […]
- As yet
to the same degree, amount, or extent; similarly; equally: i don’t think it’s as hot and humid today as it was yesterday. for example; for instance: some flowers, as the rose, require special care. thought to be or considered to be: the square as distinct from the rectangle; the church as separate from the state. […]
- As whole
comprising the full quant-ty, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: he ate the whole pie. they ran the whole distance. containing all the elements properly belonging; complete: we have a whole set of antique china. undivided; in one piece: to swallow a thing whole. mathematics. integral, or not fractional. […]
- As you like it
a comedy (1599?) by shakespeare. a comedy by william shakespeare. most of the action takes place in the forest of arden, to which several members of a duke’s court have been banished. the speech “all the world’s a stage” is from as you like it.