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customary

[kuhs-tuh-mer-ee]

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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

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

any body of such customs or laws.

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

Related forms

cus·tom·ar·i·ly

[kuhs-tuh-mer-uh-lee; for emphasis, kuhs-tuh-mair-uh-lee] , 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

Synonyms
1. wonted, accustomed, conventional, common, regular. See usual.

Antonyms
1. uncommon.

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Example Sentences

Levine offers educators a way to fit the school to the student rather than the customary method.

Customary benefits are provided, a housing program is available, and relocation costs can be reimbursed.

Few mining bosses were ready to claim that their industry had overcome its customary cyclicality.

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Levine offers educators a way to fit the school to the student rather than the customary method.

Customary benefits are provided, a housing program is available, and relocation costs can be reimbursed.

Few mining bosses were ready to claim that their industry had overcome its customary cyclicality.

Shaking hands is also customary when greeting people.

Coconut palms grow so abundantly you'd think resorts would have to supply tourists with hard hats along with the customary leis.

Datasets spanning years and decades allow patterns to emerge on scales outside the days and weeks of customary attention.

Kotz displays the customary obsession of the academic establishment with equality.

New levels of philanthropic investments can propel them beyond the subsistence support that has been far too customary.

It is customary for the ruling party to make its choice, and then to try to achieve a consensus.

It is customary to tip guides a couple of euros, and porters generally expect a euro per bag.

It is customary to clean all the chometz out of one's house.

The customary hashish peddlers have gone underground.

The enslavement of men was once one of the customary results of war.

But once unilineal descent develops, there are customary if not statutory immigration policies.

If it succeeds the party will apply its customary leg-irons to any attempts at reform.

The fly is a fold of cloth instead of the customary velcro which is nice since you do not have to worry about the velcro opening.

M&A, not the company's customary homegrown approach, was the fastest path forward.

Insurers use the data to determine usual and customary rates for care received outside their networks.

Among some medical students, it was customary to send cards with pictures of themselves and their cadavers.

Deals that push them off their land or override customary rights cannot be justified.

With its customary excellent judgment and admirable appreciation of news.

Yes, it is customary and you should definitely ask as part of your contract negotiations.

So far he has pointedly refrained from the customary naming of a second deputy prime minister.

At long last, summer has breathed a warm sigh of relief, signaling that the season's customary activities can officially begin.

Instead of the customary blank stares, the students' heads lifted and their eyes focused in.

Such a notation is customary when justices have decided not to participate.

As is customary in women's gymnastics, there were also a few tears.

He laid out the problem at hand with his customary clarity.

Such meetings, called majlis, are customary throughout the kingdom.

It was customary to visit in-laws after marriage and that was when hell broke loose.

In some instances the mice repeated their customary grooming habits until they'd chewed holes in each other.

We asked whether the dentists were not in some measure responsible for this universal and customary neglect.

Consumers want their customary sort, not an unfamiliar rice from far afield.

Not so in other languages, where it's more customary for graduates to spend two or three years looking for a tenure-track job.

In the world of science, making a bet is a customary form of accountability.

Even listeners on a tight budget now have the option of buying a separate tuner and amplifier in place of the customary receiver.

Those who think she is bluffing note that she has done none of the customary preparation.

Giuliani chose to take a customary path into his second term, reiterating.

Your letter showed that you would not be lowballed and were up to speed on customary pay.

But he was told not to worry because a renewal was customary and it would satisfy the agreement.

At many cemeteries, it is customary for a small table to be part of the burial plot.

My agency has been told to waive my customary speaker's fee.

It was customary for visitors to kneel in respect to the great conqueror.

As is customary with the soprano, everything was sung with.

Mind you, it all depends on the use of customary and native idioms in context.

But the kits' customary bulk can be a deterrent for some.

Arabs have no customary creed affiliated to democracy.

The plaintiff occupied his customary place beside his legal representatives.

Maritain beginning a comparatively topical discussion with the customary appeal to the authority of.

Nettleton promptly replied that it was not customary for the department to answer.

His latest effort proved to be in line with his customary iconoclastic tendencies as a.

It is customary for the congress not to announce positive drug tests until an athlete has exhausted his appeals.

In addition to the customary selection of mixed nuts, chocolate bars and tiny bottles of liquor, minibars at some.

What was not customary is the presence of naked toddlers amusing themselves with various objects amid the angels.

Costas says he would not know what to do with a second home or with many of the other customary trappings of celebrity.

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World English Dictionary

customary (ˈkʌstəmərɪ, -təmrɪ)

—*adj*
1.	in accordance with custom or habitual practice; usual; habitual
2.	law
	a. founded upon long continued practices and usage rather than law
	b. (of land, esp a feudal estate) held by custom

—n , -aries
3.	a. a statement in writing of customary laws and practices
	b. a body of such laws and customs

'customarily

—*adv*

'customariness

—n

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Word Origin & History

customary

1520s, from M.L. custumarius, from L. consuetudinarius, from consuetitudinem (see custom). Related: Customarily (1610s).

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