As often as not
Usually and as often as not are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Usually" instead an adverb phrase "As often as not".
Usually
Usually adverb - According to the usual course of things.
As often as not and usually are semantically related. You can use "As often as not" instead an adverb "Usually".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- often and as often as not
- often and usually
- repeatedly and as often as not
- repeatedly and usually
- regularly and as often as not
- regularly and usually
- habitually and as often as not
- habitually and usually
- frequently and as often as not
- frequently and usually
- customarily and as often as not
- customarily and usually
- generally and as often as not
- generally and usually
Both terms in one sentence
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One would expect cybernetic eyes to come in pairs, but as often as not a character will only have one cyber-eye (usually glowing), while the other one is still organic.
Source: Fashionable Asymmetry -
Usually averted otherwise throughout the series, in fact as often as not it is defied by Jupiter who often suspects or at least does not discount servants and other seemingly irrelevant characters.
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Likely as often as not nowadays to be parodied or deconstructed, usually with Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress coming into play.
Source: "YEAH!" Shot
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