u‧su‧al S2 W2 / juʒuəl, juʒ ə l / 形容词

1 happening, done, or existing most of the time or in most situations :

Make a cheese sauce in the usual way.

I’ll meet you at the usual time.

longer/higher/worse etc than usual

It is taking longer than usual for orders to reach our customers.

She ate twice as much as usual .

it is usual (for somebody) to do something

It’s usual to keep records of all expenses.

2 as usual in the way that happens or exists most of the time :

As usual, they’d left the children at home with Susan.

They didn’t invite any women, as usual.

3 as per usual spoken used to say that something bad that often happens has just happened again :

He just laughed at me, as per usual.

4 the usual spoken

a) used for talking about something that usually happens, is usually done etc :

‘What was he going on about this time?’ ‘Oh, the usual.’

b) the drink that you usually have, especially in a particular bar :

A pint of the usual please, Paul.

5 not your usual self behaving differently from the way you usually behave, especially by seeming worried or upset about something :

Keith doesn’t seem his usual self these days.