commonly

• commonlie (obsolete)

From common +‎ -ly.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmənli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmənli/

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• Hyphenation: com‧mon‧ly

commonly (comparative more commonly, superlative most commonly)

1. As a rule; frequently; usually.
2. (obsolete) In common; familiarly.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, chapter LVI, in The Faerie Queene, Book I, lines 497–501:

     As he thereon stood gazing, he might see / The blessed Angels to and fro descend / From highest heaven in gladsome companee, / And with great joy into that Citie wend, / As commonly as friend does with his frend.

• (as a rule): commonly, most of the time; see also Thesaurus:usually
• (familiarly): affinitatively, friendly, homly, intimately, nearly

commonly (comparative mair commonly, superlative maist commonly)

1. Alternative form of commounly