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Regular   /rˈɛgjələr/  /rˈeɪgjələr/   Listen
Regular

adjective
1.
In accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle.  "Regular meals" , "Regular duties"  Antonym: irregular.
2.
Often used as intensifiers.  Synonym: veritable.  "A regular nincompoop" , "He's a veritable swine"
3.
Conforming to a standard or pattern.  "A regular electrical outlet"
4.
Regularly scheduled for fixed times.  "Regular bus departures"
5.
In accord with regular practice or procedure.  "Her regular bedtime"
6.
Occurring at fixed intervals.  Synonym: even.  "The even rhythm of his breathing"
7.
Relating to a person who does something regularly.  Synonym: steady.  "A steady drinker"
8.
(used of the military) belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces.  Antonym: irregular.
9.
(of solids) having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume can be determined with a suitable geometric formula.  Antonym: irregular.
10.
Not constipated.  Synonym: unconstipated.  Antonym: constipated.
11.
Symmetrically arranged.  Synonym: even.  "Regular features" , "A regular polygon"
12.
Not deviating from what is normal.
13.
Officially full-time.
noun
1.
A regular patron.  Synonyms: fixture, habitue.  "A bum who is a Central Park fixture"
2.
A soldier in the regular army.
3.
A dependable follower (especially in party politics).
4.
A garment size for persons of average height and weight.



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"Regular" Quotes from Famous Books



... hundred members of the German church who had not united with Zion in 1797 asked for a separate English church. The request was declined, but regular services in English were held in the afternoon with promises of a new ...
— The Lutherans of New York - Their Story and Their Problems • George Wenner
... after this, Ellish was perfectly in her element. The jaunting-car was procured; and her spirits seemed to be quite elevated. She paid regular visits to both her sons, looked closely into their manner of conducting business, examined their premises, and subjected every fixture and improvement made or introduced without her sanction, to the most rigorous scrutiny. In fact, what, between ...
— Phil Purcel, The Pig-Driver; The Geography Of An Irish Oath; The Lianhan Shee • William Carleton
... us a little out of our regular and stated course, to notice the other travels of this enterprising man in the place, yet we prefer doing it, in order that our readers, by having at once before them a brief abstract of all he performed for geography, may the better be enabled to ...
— Robert Kerr's General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 18 • William Stevenson
... flower-shop windows, settling what kind of flowers would be best, and in asking the prices of hers from a flower-woman who often sat near the corner of the square. She was very good-natured about it. We shouldn't have liked to go into a regular shop only to ask prices, so it was a good thing to know a little about ...
— Peterkin • Mary Louisa Molesworth
... proper places, carefully selected and constructed for the purpose of illustrating the various Voyages and Travels. At the close of the whole, a complete Index will be given to the entire series of volumes, so arranged as to form a regular Gazetteer of the whole world. In every article which has been adopted into this work, the original and accessory sources of all the materials shall be distinctly indicated. Notes of explanation will be given, wherever ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 1 • Robert Kerr


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