customary

[ kuhs-tuh-mer-ee ]

/ ˈkʌs təˌmɛr i /

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adjective

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.

noun, plural cus·tom·ar·ies.

a book or document containing the legal customs or customary laws of a locality.

any body of such customs or laws.

OTHER WORDS FOR customary

1 wonted, accustomed, conventional, common, regular.

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OPPOSITES FOR customary

1 uncommon.

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Origin of customary

First recorded in 1375–1425; 1515–25 for current senses; late Middle English, from Medieval Latin custumārius,customārius, equivalent to costum(i)a, “custom” (also in Vulgar Latin; see custom) + -ārius-ary

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1. See usual.

OTHER WORDS FROM customary

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/, adverbnon·cus·tom·ar·i·ly, adverbnon·cus·tom·ar·y, adjectiveun·cus·tom·ar·i·ly, adverb

un·cus·tom·ar·y, adjective

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 Post
Many 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 Post
It 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 Post
After 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 Post

McGrath 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.
Cop Families Boo De Blasio at NYPD Graduation|Michael Daly|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
Though blacks had used the park in the past, they were customarily restricted to certain portions of it.
How We Built the Ghettos|Jamelle Bouie|March 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
They were customarily used by the previous administration, for instance.
Toronto Mayor: I Was Drunk When I Did Crack|Hamutal Dotan|November 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
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 Fithian
His face was very pale, but he seemed to carry himself with more dignity than customarily, Carver noticed.
The Argus Pheasant|John Charles Beecham
The customarily silent Seven Sachs had little by little subdued him to an admiration as mute as it was profound.
The Regent|E. Arnold Bennett
Species 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. Duellman
These 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

customary

/ (ˈkʌstəmərɪ, -təmrɪ) /

adjective

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

noun plural -aries

a statement in writing of customary laws and practices
a body of such laws and customs

Derived forms of customary

customarily, adverbcustomariness, noun

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