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US
/ˈkəstəˌmɛɹi/
]
[ UK /kˈʌstəməɹi/ ]
[ UK /kˈʌstəməɹi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
commonly used or practiced; usual
took his customary morning walk
his accustomed thoroughness
his habitual comment
with her wonted candor -
in accordance with convention or custom
sealed the deal with the customary handshake
How To Use customary In A Sentence
- Until his death, on November 16th, 1272, the King continued to rule and to conduct his customary religious devotions.
- They'll get the customary 20,000 fine and rap with a feather duster. The Sun
- He was not going to conduct his presidency through interest groups, by balancing one constituency against another and engaging in the customary horse-trading on the Hill. The Good Fight
- Yvonne took her customary seat behind her desk.
- Its work figured in the arguments of advocates in this field that were based on the developing customary law.
- And, as is customary, the families would erect a mourning tent.
- It's customary to display the flag only from sunrise to sunset on buildings and on stationary flagstaffs in the open.
- It's not customary for people in the publishing industry to ask what readers (as opposed to booksellers or authors or the press) want.
- A unit of weight in the U.S. Customary System , an avoirdupois unit equal to 437.5 grains ( 28.35 grams ).
- For collective bargaining to have a real point, it must achieve wage rates and non-wage conditions more favourable to the employees than the customary rate.