the usual meaning

• (informal)
  1. The drink, etc one regularly orders or takes
  2. Anything one customarily experiences or does, eg menstruation

• as usual:    Adverb: as usualIn ...
• usual:    Adjective: usual&n ...
• as per usual:     (informal) & ...

Examples

1. this is the usual form of greeting here.
2. the jury had returned the usual verdict.
3. his speech followed the usual pattern.
4. the usual theism is more insipid.
5. such was the usual tenor of their way.