#commonly

Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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People commonly educate their children as they build their houses, according to some plan they think beautiful, without considering whether it is suited to the purposes for which they are designed. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

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Insecurity, commonly regarded as a weakness in normal people, is the basic tool of the actor's trade. ↗

— Miranda Richardson

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Sometimes, instead of purchasing a commodity out and out, people want to buy only the use of it, for a longer or shorter period. The price paid for such temporary use is commonly called hire. ↗

— John Buchanan Robinson

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Who belongs to the community of the commonly protected? ↗

— Robert Casey

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To do a common thing uncommonly well brings success. ↗

— Henry J. Heinz

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The Lord commonly gives riches to foolish people, to whom he gives nothing else. ↗

— Martin Luther

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