customary

Definition

  • adjective: usually done in a particular situation or at a particular place or time
  • adjective: based on or established by 'custom'
  • synonyms: conventional, habitual, accustomed

Examples

  • It is 'customary' to hold the door open for someone who is entering a building behind you.

  • He did the work with his 'customary' efficiency.

  • She dressed in her 'customary' fashion.

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  • (..) Taught that death on the battlefield in service to Sparta... ...was the greatest glory he could achieve in his life. At age , as is customary in Sparta... ...the boy was taken from his mother and plunged into a world of violence. Manufactured by years of Spartan warrior society... (..)
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