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    Sometimes there can be a subtle difference. It's slightly more pronounced in adjectives "обычный-обыкновенный":
    обычный - usual, common -> everyday, widespread, familiar
    обыкновенный - usual, common -> ordinary, typical for this kind of things
    обыкновенно - done in typical/habitual/expected/etc. manner

    So "обыкновенно" does not necessarily mean high style. The most common example of colloquial usage is:
    - Как ты это сделал? (about something obvious)
    - Как-как.. Обыкновенно. (~duh! how do you think???)
    Как стирать носки в стиралльной машинке?
    Обыкновенно. Кидаешь носки в машинку. Засыпаешь порошок и вперед

    Source: Ответы@Mail.Ru: как стирать носки в стиралльной машинке?
    It sounds high srtyle and archaic mostly when used instead of "usually", when you describe some regular activity or habits:
    Я обыкновенно обычно пью чай по утрам.
    Он обыкновенно обычно не здоровается с незнакомыми людьми.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gRomoZeka View Post
    So "обыкновенно" does not necessarily mean high style. The most common example of colloquial usage is:
    - Как ты это сделал? (about something obvious)
    - Как-как.. Обыкновенно. (~duh! how do you think???)
    I wanted to write something like that but I feel like such phrases are rather rare and tend to go out of common language with time.
    "Россия для русских" - это неправильно. Остальные-то чем лучше?

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    Quote Originally Posted by gRomoZeka View Post
    Sometimes there can be a subtle difference. It's slightly more pronounced in adjectives "обычный-обыкновенный":
    обычный - usual, common -> everyday, widespread, familiar
    обыкновенный - usual, common -> ordinary, typical for this kind of things
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    Please could you give a couple of examples to illustrate this. Are you saying that there are occasions when replacing обычно by obyknovenno is impossible, even in more formal styles?

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