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Let's assume that I wash my car every Saturday at noon. How do I say it using the word schedule:

I wash my car at/by/on schedule.

Update: It's not about doing something on a regular basis. It's about doing something on schedule — at an exactly defined day and time every week. If I say "I wash my car regularly", it simply means that I don't forget to wash my car, but doesn't imply I do it every time at the same time.

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  • something like an isochronal car-wash schedule.
    – vickyace
    Commented Apr 21, 2014 at 9:26
  • It's not about schedule -- it's regular / habitual. Do not say schedule instead.
    – Kris
    Commented Apr 21, 2014 at 9:36

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You can use to a schedule to mean you have a preplanned date/time when you will wash your car.

I wash my car to a schedule.

A more wordy way to say it would be

I wash my car in accordance with my/the/a schedule.

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I wash my car every Saturday like clockwork.

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  • I am not my car. Even on Saturdays) Commented Apr 21, 2014 at 11:00
  • okay... corrected :)
    – Neil W
    Commented Apr 21, 2014 at 11:10
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On schedule is the right definition. It sounds a bit unusual for the habit of washing your car. It refers more to prefixed arrangements that have to be carried out on the agreed time.

For your habit I'd say:

I am used to washing my car every Saturday at noon.

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  • I don't want to put emphasis on when I wash it. Just wanna say "regularly", but with meaning that I do it at the very same time each week. Commented Apr 21, 2014 at 7:56
  • Isn't "on schedule" equals to saying "on time" and not "regularly"? Commented Apr 21, 2014 at 7:56
  • by "at the very same time each week" do you mean the same day or/and same time??
    – vickyace
    Commented Apr 21, 2014 at 8:39
  • @vickyace - the same day, the same time Commented Apr 21, 2014 at 8:52
  • isochronal car-wash schedule
    – vickyace
    Commented Apr 21, 2014 at 9:25
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Habitual: Being such by habit.

Or any of its subsequent synonyms (constant, persistent, continual, continuous, perpetual, nonstop, recurrent, repeated, frequent).

I habitually wash my car according to schedule (every Saturday at noon).

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Instead of 'on schedule', I would say 'on a schedule'

I wash my car on a schedule

On a schedule implies that you have some schedule for washing you car.

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Consider "on time" and "on a timely manner (or basis)."

I wash my car every Saturday on time.

I wash my car every Saturday on a timely basis.

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  • I'm using in my trello board like this: "Running (On Time)".
    – user324535
    Commented Nov 16, 2018 at 13:44

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