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rou·tine
(ro͞o-tēn′)n.
1.
a. A set of customary or unchanging and often mechanically performed activities or procedures: a routine of housework. See Synonyms at method.
b. The practice of such activities or procedures: "Routine had caused stagnation" (Garry Wills).
2. A scripted piece of entertainment, especially in a nightclub or theater: The audience laughed at the comedian's routine.
3. Slang A particular kind of behavior or activity: Must you go into your hurt routine when you don't get your way?
4. Computers A set of programming instructions designed to perform a specific limited task.
adj.
1. In accord with established procedure: a routine check of passports.
2. Habitual; regular: made his routine trip to the store.
3. Having no special quality; ordinary: a routine day.
[French, from route, route, from Old French; see route.]
rou·tine′ly adv.
rou·tin′ism n.
rou·tin′ist n.
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Adv. | 1. | routinely - according to routine or established practice; "he routinely parked in a no-parking zone" |
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routinely
adverbIn an expected or customary manner; for the most part:
commonly, consistently, customarily, frequently, generally, habitually, naturally, normally, often, regularly, typically, usually.
Idioms: as usual, per usual.
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routinely
[ruːˈtiːnlɪ] ADV [use, check] → de forma rutinaria, rutinariamentethe drug is routinely used to treat depression → el fármaco es utilizado rutinariamente para el tratamiento de la depresión
she routinely works a 60-hour week → trabajar 60 horas por semana forma parte de su rutina
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
routinely
[ruːˈtiːnli] adv (= as a matter of course) → systématiquement
(= invariably) → habituellement
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
routinely
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