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/kənˈvɛnʃənəɫ/
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[ UK /kənvˈɛnʃənəl/ ]
[ UK /kənvˈɛnʃənəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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rigidly formal or bound by convention
their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt -
(weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy
conventional warfare
conventional weapons -
in accord with or being a tradition or practice accepted from the past
a conventional church wedding with the bride in traditional white
the conventional handshake -
unimaginative and conformist
conventional bourgeois lives
conventional attitudes -
conforming with accepted standards
a conventional view of the world - represented in simplified or symbolic form
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following accepted customs and proprieties
conventional forms of address
conventional wisdom
she had strayed from the path of conventional behavior
How To Use conventional In A Sentence
- Some of my remarks here are directed toward conventional scientists, who generally refrain from commenting critically on the wild ideas of a few of their colleagues because it is bad manners.
- He made a few conventional remarks about the weather.
- Marcus Aurelius's hair stands energetically up, a nimbus of corkscrewing locks, not a bit like the conventional signs for hair that plaster so many Roman marble crania. The Forever City
- Conventional boilers heat up a store of water using a hot water cylinder in the airing cupboard and a header tank somewhere high - usually the loft.
- Thus was born a lifelong interest in building houses by unconventional means, normally on his own or with one or two helpers. Times, Sunday Times
- [The site] consists of 'crudities': pieces of raw experience, regularly uploaded ... it aims at developing an extended version of the conventional weblog, one that allows users to upload visual input such as (streaming -) video-files and pictures as easily as texts. Boing Boing: December 22, 2002 - December 28, 2002 Archives
- It is important not to use conventional chucks for hammer drilling.
- The childfree are a diverse group of people, much like the reasons behind the choice not to procreate; however, childfree people tend to be less conventional, more highly educated, and professional. BlogHer - Comments
- Squire Western, who, surrounded by piqueurs, and girt with the conventional cor de chasse of the Gallic sportsman, sings the following ariette, diversified with true Fielding
- Bags need fabric and color, just like a conventional wearable.