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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. in accordance with convention or custom;
- Example: "sealed the deal with the customary handshake"

2. commonly used or practiced; usual;
- Example: "his accustomed thoroughness"
- Example: "took his customary morning walk"
- Example: "his habitual comment"
- Example: "with her wonted candor"
[syn: accustomed, customary, habitual, wonted(a)]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Customary \Cus"tom*a*ry\, n. [OF. coustumier, F. coutumier.] A book containing laws and usages, or customs; as, the Customary of the Normans. --Cowell. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Customary \Cus"tom*a*ry\ (k[u^]s"t[u^]m*[asl]*r[y^]), a. [CF. OF. coustumier, F. coutumier. See Custom, and cf. Customer.] [1913 Webster] 1. Agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by common usage; conventional; habitual. [1913 Webster] Even now I met him With customary compliment. --Shak. [1913 Webster] A formal customary attendance upon the offices. --South. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) Holding or held by custom; as, customary tenants; customary service or estate. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

customary adj 1: in accordance with convention or custom; "sealed the deal with the customary handshake" 2: commonly used or practiced; usual; "his accustomed thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor" [syn: accustomed, customary, habitual, wonted(a)]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

96 Moby Thesaurus words for "customary": Christian, accepted, accustomed, acknowledged, admitted, approved, authentic, authoritative, average, being done, canonical, chronic, comme il faut, common, commonplace, conformable, consuetudinary, conventional, correct, current, de rigueur, decent, decorous, established, evangelical, everyday, faithful, familiar, firm, fixed, folk, formal, frequent, general, generally accepted, habitual, hallowed, handed down, heroic, hoary, household, immemorial, inveterate, legendary, literal, long-established, long-standing, meet, mythological, normal, normative, obtaining, of long standing, of the faith, of the folk, oral, ordinary, orthodox, orthodoxical, popular, predominating, prescribed, prescriptive, prevailing, prevalent, proper, received, recognized, regular, regulation, right, rooted, routine, scriptural, seemly, set, sound, standard, stipulated, stock, textual, time-honored, traditional, traditionalistic, tried and true, true, true-blue, understood, universal, unwritten, usual, venerable, vernacular, widespread, wonted, worshipful