regularly
regularly — adverb
1. If you do something regularly, you do it many times — not just once or twice — a
If you do something regularly, you do it many times — not just once or twice — and it is usually part of your normal routine or habit.
Pim regularly brings homemade cake to share with his colleagues at work.
regularly + verb for habitual action
The café regularly introduces new seasonal drinks that customers love to try.
institution as subject + regularly + verb
Maeve regularly volunteers at the animal shelter on weekend mornings.
Reviewing your budget regularly helps you see where your money is going.
Camille attends dance classes regularly and has improved a great deal this year.
- often
Simplest and most common; does not imply a routine or pattern, just high frequency
- frequently
Slightly more formal than 'often'; emphasises occurrences close together
- routinely
Suggests the action is part of a standard procedure or schedule
- habitually
Emphasises a deeply ingrained personal habit, often done without conscious thought
- rarely
The direct opposite — means almost never
- seldom
More formal than 'rarely'; means not often
- infrequently
The negative form of 'frequently'; formal register
文法句型
regularly + verb
verb + regularly
用法筆記
Can appear before or after the main verb. Pre-verb position ("regularly attends") is more common in formal writing; post-verb position ("attends regularly") is neutral in both speech and writing. Unlike sense 2, this sense does not require the timing to be precisely equal.
常見錯誤
2. When something happens or is done regularly, it occurs at times or distances tha
When something happens or is done regularly, it occurs at times or distances that are equal to each other — for example, taking medicine every six hours, or planting trees at two-metre gaps along a path.
The old grandfather clock chimed regularly every hour, day and night.
regularly + every [time interval]
Lan's heart beat regularly again after the doctors fitted a new pacemaker.
regularly with bodily function (heartbeat)
Rania takes her blood pressure medicine regularly every six hours as prescribed.
The fence posts were placed regularly along the edge of the field at two-metre gaps.
The bus runs regularly on this route, arriving at the stop every fifteen minutes.
- at regular intervals
More explicit and formal; directly states the spacing
- periodically
Suggests roughly equal intervals without strict precision
- evenly
Used for physical spacing rather than timing
- steadily
Emphasises a consistent, unchanging rate or rhythm
- irregularly
The direct opposite — at unequal or unpredictable intervals
- sporadically
Happening occasionally but with no set pattern or schedule
文法句型
regularly + time interval
verb + regularly + [every N time units]
用法筆記
Subject is often a machine, mechanical process, bodily function, or scheduled service. Frequently followed by a specific time or distance interval introduced by 'every' (every hour, every 30 cm). Distinct from sense 1: sense 2 answers 'at what intervals?' while sense 1 answers 'how many times?'.