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cus·tom·ar·y

(kŭs′tə-mĕr′ē)

adj.

1. Commonly practiced, used, or encountered; usual. See Synonyms at usual.

2. Based on custom or tradition rather than written law or contract.

cus′tom·ar′i·ly (-mâr′ə-lē) adv.

cus′tom·ar′i·ness n.

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Adv.

customarily - by custom; according to common practice; "children are custosby-the-waymarily expected to be seen but not heard"

customarily

adverb usually, generally, commonly, regularly, normally, traditionally, ordinarily, habitually, in the ordinary way, as a rule Marriages in medieval Europe were customarily arranged by the families.

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customarily

adverb

In an expected or customary manner; for the most part:

commonly, consistently, frequently, generally, habitually, naturally, normally, often, regularly, routinely, typically, usually.

Idioms: as usual, per usual.

Translations

بصورة اعتياديّه

obvykle

almindeligvissædvanligvis

üblicherweise

habituellement ordinairement

szokás szerint

vanalega; á venjulegan hátt

usualmente

i sin alminnelighet vanligvis

alışıldığı şekildetöre gereğince

习惯性地

customarily

[ˈkʌstəmərɪlɪ] ADV → por regla general, normalmente

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customarily

[ˈkʌstəmərəli] adv (= usually) → habituellement

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customarily

adv → normaler- or üblicherweise

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custom

(ˈkastəm) noun

1. what a person etc is in the habit of doing or does regularly. It's my custom to go for a walk on Saturday mornings; religious customs.

2. the regular buying of goods at the same shop etc; trade or business. The new supermarkets take away custom from the small shops.

ˈcustomary adjective

habitual; usually done etc. It is customary to eat turkey for Christmas dinner.

ˈcustomarily adverb

ˈcustomer noun

1. a person who buys from a shop etc. our regular customers.

2. used jokingly for a person. a strange customer.

ˈcustoms noun plural

1. (the government department that collects) taxes paid on goods coming into a country. Did you have to pay customs on those watches?; He works for the customs; (also adjective) customs duty.

2. the place at a port etc where these taxes are collected. I was searched when I came through customs at the airport.

References in classic literature ?

All the "rot" they contained about ventilation, and how to go to bed, and how to get up, and what to eat, and what to drink, and how much exercise to take, and what frame of mind to keep one's self in, and what sort of clothing to wear, was all gospel to her, and she never observed that her health-journals of the current month customarily upset everything they had recommended the month before.

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He took the key, which was customarily given him as one of the family, ascended the stairs, and introduced Mme.

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At that moment one of those momentary eclipses I before alluded to had come over his face, extinguishing his smile, and replacing, by an abstracted and alienated look, the customarily shrewd, bantering glance of his eye.

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Standish; but Solomon took out his white handkerchief again with a sense that in any case there would be affecting passages, and crying at funerals, however dry, was customarily served up in lawn.

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For voluntary submissions, it held that the submitter need only show that it does not customarily release the type of information in question to qualify for Exemption 4 protection.

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The Petitioner, Omolayo Funmilayo, 39, ?a trader, told the court that she was not customarily married to the respondent.

Constant Assault Ends 13-Year-Old Marriage Of Ekiti Trader

I want to extend my blessings to the team of Slogan - who is writing and publishing the honest, real and brighter side of Pakistan that is there but sadly is not highlighted customarily. I would like to thank Slogan Magazine for bringing out an ethically sound publication year after year.

Knight in Shining Armour

The first guidance, which is draft, "Food Labeling: Serving Sizes of Foods That Can Reasonably Be Consumed At One Eating Occasion, Reference Amounts Customarily Consumed, Serving Size-Related Issues, Dual-Column Labeling, and Miscellaneous Topics: Guidance for Industry," includes sections relating to:

FDA issues two guidances on Nutrition Facts label

(Peco) on Saturday brushed aside as 'entirely false' and misleading allegations about its failure to refund power generation surcharges, which are customarily passed on to end users.

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Such type of discrimination by electronic media with PTI getting the major share of media exposure while other mainstream contenders like PPP, PML, MMA and ANP have been curiously left bereft of coverage and customarily sidelined.

Media role during elections

Missing, however, are the fried anchovies and groundnuts that customarily complete the meal.

Did someone say 'nasi lemak' burger? McDonald's heard you

Taekwondo has customarily been perceived as the national martial art but wasn't officially recognized by the law.