customary
according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
of or established by custom rather than law.
Law. defined by long-continued practices: the customary service due from land in a manor.
a book or document containing the legal customs or customary laws of a locality.
any body of such customs or laws.
Origin of customary
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- cus·tom·ar·i·ly [kuhs-tuh-mer-uh-lee; for emphasis, kuhs-tuh-mair-uh-lee], /ˈkʌs təˌmɛr ə li; for emphasis, ˌkʌs təˈmɛər ə li/, adverb
- non·cus·tom·ar·i·ly, adverb
- non·cus·tom·ar·y, adjective
- un·cus·tom·ar·i·ly, adverb
- un·cus·tom·ar·y, adjective
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How to use customary in a sentence
On Sunday, the Washington Football Team will be seen nationally as a franchise in its customary state of turmoil.
Don’t make what’s interesting important, Ron Rivera says. Easier said than done for Washington. | Thomas M. Boswell | December 27, 2020 | Washington PostMany of us are prudently giving up customary holiday visits with friends and family, but staying home may make us feel lumpy and sad.
Okay, so maybe we don’t miss everything about holiday travel | Liz Langley | December 18, 2020 | Washington PostIt has been remarked that the language of this more than 20-year-old play is less elliptical than is customary in Kennedy’s work.
Online festival highlights the powerful plays of undersung dramatist Adrienne Kennedy | Peter Marks | December 17, 2020 | Washington PostAfter about a half-hour, I send Santa and Claire the Elf to their next stop with a customary bottle of Bailey’s Irish Cream and a plate full of food.
When my daughter asked if Santa was real, my answer was yes | Vanessa McGrady | December 17, 2020 | Washington PostMcGrath told The Washington Post in an email in August that it was “customary for departing CEOs” to receive severance payments equal to about a year’s salary.
Ex-aide to Gov. Hogan declines to answer lawmakers’ questions about large severance payment | Steve Thompson | December 17, 2020 | Washington Post
The moment came where newly graduated cops customarily toss their white gloves into the air in celebration.
The 4th of July is customarily marked by charcoal “cook-outs,” which endanger the community.
P.J. O'Rourke: 27 Sensitive, Caring, Green, and Politically Committed Reasons to Ban July 4th | P. J. O’Rourke | July 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThough blacks had used the park in the past, they were customarily restricted to certain portions of it.
Customarily, Jewish women are encouraged to refrain from doing work while the candles are burning.
Ben Gurion University Forbids Women To Light Chanukah Candles in Official Ceremony | Sigal Samuel | December 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThey were customarily used by the previous administration, for instance.
The owner of such a mill customarily purchased wheat for manufacture.
Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774. | Philip Vickers FithianHis face was very pale, but he seemed to carry himself with more dignity than customarily, Carver noticed.
The Argus Pheasant | John Charles BeechamThe customarily silent Seven Sachs had little by little subdued him to an admiration as mute as it was profound.
The Regent | E. Arnold BennettSpecies included in this category are those that customarily spend most of their lives at the edge of permanent water.
Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala | William E. DuellmanThese are quite appropriate to any act of honour, and have been customarily so used in relation to human beings.
Our Lady Saint Mary | J. G. H. Barry
British Dictionary definitions for customary
/ (ˈkʌstəmərɪ, -təmrɪ) /
in accordance with custom or habitual practice; usual; habitual
law
founded upon long continued practices and usage rather than law
(of land, esp a feudal estate) held by custom
a statement in writing of customary laws and practices
a body of such laws and customs
Derived forms of customary
- customarily, adverb
- customariness, noun
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