What does customary mean?

Definitions for customary
ˈkʌs təˌmɛr icus·tom·a·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. customaryadjective

    in accordance with convention or custom

    "sealed the deal with the customary handshake"

  2. accustomed, customary, habitual, wonted(a)adjective

    commonly used or practiced; usual

    "his accustomed thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor"

Wiktionary

  1. customarynoun

    A book containing laws and usages, or customs; a custumal.

  2. customaryadjective

    Agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by common usage; conventional; habitual.

  3. customaryadjective

    Holding or held by custom; as, customary tenants; customary service or estate.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Customaryadjective

    Etymology: from custom.

    Pray you now, if it may stand with the tune of your voices, that I may be consul: I have here the customary gown. William Shakespeare.

    Several ingenious persons, whose assistance might be conducive to the advance of real and useful knowledge, lay under the prejudices of education and customary belief. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps.

    We should carefully avoid the profane and irreverent use of God’s name, by cursing, or customary swearing, and take heed of the neglect or contempt of his worship, or any thing belonging to it. John Tillotson, Sermon 5.

    Ev’n now I met him
    With customary compliment, when he,
    Wafting his eyes to th’ contrary, and falling
    A lip of much contempt, speeds from me. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPT

  1. customary

    Customary refers to something that is established or regularly practiced based on tradition or a long-standing habit. It often implies accepted norms or conventions in a particular community, society, or culture.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Customaryadjective

    agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by common usage; conventional; habitual

  2. Customaryadjective

    holding or held by custom; as, customary tenants; customary service or estate

  3. Customarynoun

    a book containing laws and usages, or customs; as, the Customary of the Normans

  4. Etymology: [OF. coustumier, F. coutumier.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of customary in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of customary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of customary in a Sentence

  1. Leon Trotsky:

    The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves.

  2. Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa:

    The Act should make it an offence for a guardian or other person to enter into a lobola agreement or other customary arrangement or ceremony in respect of a person under the age of 18.

  3. Westchester Medical:

    Although the Medical Center believes that its financial relationships with its clinical faculty are customary for academic medical centers of its size and complexity, we acknowledge that, with respect to a very small number of legacy relationships, we could not produce documentation sufficient to meet certain technical requirements of federal law.

  4. Judge Barbara Bellis:

    Otherwise, our civil system, in which discovery of sensitive information is customary and routine, would simply collapse.

  5. John Stemberger:

    It’s customary to invite the president, if you’re going to invite President President Trump, you need to know President Trump’s going to be President Trump. President Trump was doing what President Trump does.

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