Customary

Quick meaning: Customary is an adjective meaning In accordance with, or established by, custom or common usage.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. Holding or held by custom.
2. (law) A book containing laws and usages, or customs; a custumal.

Example Sentences

customary tenants

The tenants are chiefly customary and heriotable.

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.

"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," Remsberg writes, "not a glaring exception conveniently dusted off in the defendant's case."

Word Forms

• customaries

Synonyms for customary

Depending on context, synonyms include conventional, habitual, traditional, halal, homodox, kosher.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include conventional, accustomed, wonted, habitual, usual, common-law.

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