REGULARLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does regularly mean? 

• REGULARLY (adverb)
  The adverb REGULARLY has 3 senses:

1. in a regular manner

2. having a regular form

3. in a regular way without variation

  Familiarity information: REGULARLY used as an adverb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REGULARLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a regular manner

Synonyms:

on a regular basis; regularly

Context example:

letters arrived regularly from his children

Antonym:

irregularly (in an irregular manner)

Pertainym:

regular (in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having a regular form

Context example:

regularly shaped objects

Antonym:

irregularly (having an irregular form)

Pertainym:

regular ((of solids) having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume can be determined with a suitable geometric formula)

Sense 3

Meaning:

In a regular way without variation

Context example:

try to breathe evenly

Antonym:

irregularly (at an uneven rate)

Pertainym:

even (occurring at fixed intervals)

 Context examples 

Scientists had been regularly tracking the star, called NGC 2547-ID8, when it surged with a huge amount of fresh dust between August 2012 and January 2013.

(Spitzer Telescope Witnesses Asteroid Smashup, NASA)

Self-reports of calcium intake were collected using a questionnaire asking about the frequency with which people ate calcium-rich foods and whether they regularly used calcium supplements in the past year.

(No evidence that calcium increases risk of age-related macular degeneration, National Institutes of Health)

Her ladyship's carriage is regularly ordered for us.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Billee cried and whimpered regularly in his sleep each night.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

The next time I sat down to write, and regularly afterwards, she sat in her old place, with a spare bundle of pens at her side.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

To investigate, NIAID scientists observed the reaction of mouse immune cells to Staphylococcus epidermidis, a bacterium regularly found on human skin that does not normally cause disease.

(Scientists find microbes on the skin of mice promote tissue healing, immunity, National Institutes of Health)

A household activity that must be done regularly as a duty.

(Chore, NCI Thesaurus)

In medicine, to regularly watch and check a person or condition to see if there is any change.

(Monitor, NCI Dictionary)

An indication or description that an event is part of a regularly repeating sequence.

(Pattern of Event, NCI Thesaurus)

And eat healthy foods and exercise regularly - things that everyone should try to do.

(Living with HIV/AIDS, NIH)