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reg·u·lar  (rgy-lr)
adj.
1. Customary, usual, or normal: the train's regular schedule.
2. Orderly, even, or symmetrical: regular teeth.
3. In conformity with a fixed procedure, principle, or discipline.
4. Well-ordered; methodical: regular habits.
5. Occurring at fixed intervals; periodic: regular payments.
6.
a. Occurring with normal or healthy frequency.
b. Having bowel movements or menstrual periods with normal or healthy frequency.
7. Not varying; constant.
8. Formally correct; proper.
9. Having the required qualifications for an occupation: not a regular lawyer.
10. Informal Complete; thorough: a regular scoundrel.
11. Informal Good; nice: a regular guy.
12. Botany Having symmetrically arranged parts of similar size and shape: regular flowers.
13. Grammar Conforming to the usual pattern of inflection, derivation, or word formation.
14. Ecclesiastical Belonging to a religious order and bound by its rules: the regular clergy.
15. Mathematics
a. Having equal sides and equal angles. Used of polygons.
b. Having faces that are congruent regular polygons and congruent polyhedral angles. Used of polyhedrons.
16. Belonging to or constituting the permanent army of a nation.
n.
1. Ecclesiastical A member of the clergy or of a religious order.
2. A soldier belonging to a regular army.
3. A dependable loyal person: one of the party regulars.
4. A clothing size designed for persons of average height.
5. A habitual customer.

[Middle English reguler, living under religious rule, from Old French, from Late Latin rgulris, according to rule, from Latin rgula, rod, rule; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

regu·lari·ty (-lr-t) n.
regu·lar·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.regularly - in a regular manner; "letters arrived regularly from his children"
on an irregular basis, irregularly - in an irregular manner; "her letters arrived irregularly"
2.regularly - having a regular form; "regularly shaped objects"
irregularly - having an irregular form; "irregularly shaped solids"
3.regularly - in a regular way without variation; "try to breathe evenly"
irregularly - in an irregular manner; "the patient is breathing irregularly"
Translations
regularly [ˈrɛgjuləlɪ] advcon regularidad
regularly [ˈrɛgjuləlɪ] regular advrégulièrement
regularly [ˈrɛgjuləlɪ] regular advregelmäßig;
(breathe, beat) (evenly) → gleichmäßig
regularly [ˈrɛgjuləlɪ] advregolarmente


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Why do you not work steadily as I do, and get your food regularly given to you?
We have arranged that she shall regularly forward her address (at the post-office) to her friends, as we move about from place to place.
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