usual

Happening most often, or being what normally happens or is used.

• We met at the usual time.
• She took her usual route home.
• Is it usual for him to work on Sundays?

How to use it: it is usual for someone to do something (It is usual for her to walk to work.); as usual (As usual, he arrived early.)

Similar words: normal, regular, customary

Opposites: unusual

Common phrases: usual time, usual place, usual routine, usual practice

The food, drink, or service that someone regularly orders.

• I’ll have the usual, please.
• The bartender poured his usual without asking.
• Would you like your usual or something different?

How to use it: the usual (The waiter brought me the usual.)

Similar words: regular order

Common phrases: the usual, order the usual, have the usual