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Regular   /rˈɛgjələr/  /rˈeɪgjələr/   Listen
Regular

adjective
1.
In accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle.  "Regular meals" , "Regular duties"
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.
9.
(of solids) having clear dimensions that can be measured; volume can be determined with a suitable geometric formula.
10.
Not constipated.  Synonym: unconstipated.
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



... patched jibbehs, and yellow boots had already shown to the Colonel that these men were no wandering party of robbers, but a troop from the regular army of the Khalifa. Now, as they struck across the desert, they showed that they possessed the rude discipline which their work demanded. A mile ahead, and far out on either flank, rode their scouts, dipping and rising among the yellow sand-hills. Ali Wad ...
— A Desert Drama - Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko" • A. Conan Doyle
... begun to open, at Greenwich. A tall, delicate girl, who proved to be a milliner's apprentice, had taken a fancy to her, and given her her first real knowledge of the delights of West End life. She had nearly ended her apprenticeship, and would soon be a regular hand; and Nelly listened entranced to the description of marvellous hats and bonnets, and the people who tried them on, and ...
— Prisoners of Poverty Abroad • Helen Campbell
... distinctly except their heavy jaws and coarse hands and the lighter patches of their white shirts and blue smocks. I could make out very little of the large, low-ceilinged room. A rickety chair here; an old dresser there, with a few battered dishes on it. At regular intervals, a brass pendulum sends forth gleams as it catches the light; and the smouldering fire in the tall chimney-place flickers for a moment and illumines the strings of beans and onions drying round ...
— The Choice of Life • Georgette Leblanc
... Henri laughing, "you are a regular fire-eater, but make no mistake, you will stand no chance with Maubranne. There are twenty stout fellows yonder ready to do whatever they are told, and to ask no questions. I bear you no particular love, cousin, but I wish you no ill, and ...
— My Sword's My Fortune - A Story of Old France • Herbert Hayens
... but not necessarily, wedded before adolescence. Occasionally a Panwar boy who cannot afford a regular marriage will enter his prospective father-in-law's house and serve him for a year or more, when he will obtain a daughter in marriage. And sometimes a girl will contract a liking for some man or boy of the caste ...
— The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV - Kumhar-Yemkala • R.V. Russell


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