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rou·tine

(ro͞o-tēn′)

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.

routinely - according to routine or established practice; "he routinely parked in a no-parking zone"

routinely

adverb

In 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.

Translations

routinely

[ruːˈtiːnlɪ] ADV [use, check] → de forma rutinaria, rutinariamente
the 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

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routinely

[ruːˈtiːnli] adv

(= as a matter of course) → systématiquement

(= invariably) → habituellement

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

routinely

adv use, torture → regelmäßig; test → routinemäßig; describe → üblicherweise

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Police Federation vice-chairman Calum Macleod also discounted any ideas that routinely arming all police was the answer.

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I'd never seen the buck before, even though I routinely maintain three trail cameras on the property.

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IT is hardly surprising that a poll of Birmingham Mail readers recently voted overwhelmingly in favour of routinely arming police officers.

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Alan McClure defended the minister, writing on our Facebook page: "Most developed Western countries have police who are routinely armed, I am all for it."

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This is despite a commitment in the Welsh Government's Cancer Delivery Plan, published in June 2012, to routinely refer everyone to financial advice and support.