customary

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UK /ˈkʌs.tə.m(ə.)ɹi/ US /ˈkʌs.təˌmɛɹ.i/

adj 2noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

actual, all, former, legal, longer, most, new, over

VERB + CUSTOMARY

detail, house, meet, part, tipping

CUSTOMARY + NOUN

everyone, examples, fashion, gentleman, one's, pattern, remsb, societies

PREP.

in, in, than, with

ADV.

often, rather

Definitions

adj

In accordance with, or established by, custom or common usage.

At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…]In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.

When two people met for the first time in Diaspar—or even for the hundredth—it was customary to spend an hour or so in an exchange or courtesies before getting down to business, if any.

Holding or held by custom.

customary tenants

The tenants are chiefly customary and heriotable.

noun

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

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Synonyms

adjective — commonly used or practiced

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Idioms & Phrases

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Wiktionary

When two people met for the first time in Diaspar—or even for the hundredth—it was customary to spend an hour or so in an exchange or courtesies before getting down to business, if any.

Wiktionary

"If you're accused of profiling or pretextual stops, you can bring your daily logbook to court and document that pulling over motorists for 'stickler' reasons is part of your customary pattern," Remsb

Wiktionary

When you go abroad, you'd better keep in mind that tipping is customary.

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In Japan it is not customary to tip for good service.

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In particular, it is customary for actual examples of use of the harmonic mean to generally cover "average speed," and explain no further than that.

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