Regularly
['rɛɡjəlɚli]
Definition
(adv.) in a regular manner; 'letters arrived regularly from his children'.
(adv.) in a regular way without variation; 'try to breathe evenly'.
(adv.) having a regular form; 'regularly shaped objects'.
Edited by Greg--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a regular manner; in uniform order; methodically; in due order or time.
Edited by Julius
Examples
- But he came regularly every evening and sat without his coat, with his head against the wall, as though he would have helped us if he had known how. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Though I DO attend court regularly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Attending court the other day--I attend it regularly, with my documents--I taxed him with it, and he almost confessed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- That this income was regularly paid by the active Trustee, Mr. Godfrey Ablewhite. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Herbert will go regularly between us, and when the time comes you may be certain I shall be ready. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The Count and Countess corresponded regularly every morning during his lordship's absence. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And since she had played regularly the passion had grown on her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Frank Churchill comes as regularly into my mind! Jane Austen. Emma.
- Now, I am regularly paid for them. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- We are regularly besieged. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- You look regularly done up, Miss Lily. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- By the thirteenth century the Hansa merchants were already sailing regularly from Bergen across the grey cold seas to the Northmen in Iceland. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I am prepared to do the usual thing which I have done regularly and to keep this matter going. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The land was divided by long rows of trees, not regularly planted, but naturally growing; there was great plenty of grass, and several fields of oats. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- He seems to be conscientiously afraid of appearing indolent, and in consequence subjects himself regularly to unnecessary hardship. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- And she hurried again into the road, and again constrained herself to walk regularly and composedly forward. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Another friendly demonstration towards him Mr Wegg now regularly gratified. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She rouged regularly now; and--and her maid got Cognac for her besides that which was charged in the hotel bill. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The only considerable branch of the public revenue which yet remains unmortgaged, is thus regularly spent before it comes in. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Sometimes he would not go over his mail for days at a time; but other times he would go regularly to his office in the morning. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I wrote, and this exertion greatly fatigued me; but my convalescence had commenced, and proceeded regularly. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- She specially applied here at the house to be admitted, as not regularly belonging to our town, and—yes, you are right, Bounderby, you are right. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Mrs. Norris could not speak with any temper of such grievances, nor of the quantity of butter and eggs that were regularly consumed in the house. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- His situation, you know, prevents the possibility of his getting regularly introduced to you. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It was not difficult to proportion the parts and control the supply of water to make the point complete its circuit regularly. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- You have regularly given me up. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The reverse process, a process of crumpling and upheaval, has also been in progress, but less regularly. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Many bees are parasitic, and regularly lay their eggs in the nests of other kinds of bees. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- As long as I heard from her regularly, I should assume that nothing was wrong. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- And he's beat; that's what he is; regularly beat. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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