customary

English

Etymology

From Middle English custumary, from Medieval Latin custumarius. By surface analysis, custom +‎ -ary.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌs.tə.m(ə.)ɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌs.təˌmɛɹ.i/

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Adjective

customary (comparative more customary, superlative most customary)

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

   Synonyms: conventional, habitual

   • 1892, Walter Besant, chapter III, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:

     At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.

   • 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 39:

     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.

   • 2019, Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers:

     "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."

   • 2023 June 15, Rebecca Wallwork, “‘You had to be there’: Foods that taste better on home turf”, in CNN‎:

     As Trevor Corson, author of “The Story of Sushi” explains, in Japan, sushi is typically eaten at a bar, where it’s customary for the customer to chat with the chef, who can recommend what’s in season. The short window during which the fish is fresh also makes it more likely to be tastier in Japan.

2. Holding or held by custom.

   customary tenants

   • 1777, Joseph Nicolson, Richard Burn, The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland:

     The tenants are chiefly customary and heriotable.

Synonyms

• wont

Derived terms

• customarily
• customariness
• customary international law
• customary marriage
• customary unit
• noncustomary
• uncustomary

Related terms

• consuetude
• costumal
• costume
• custom
• customer
• customization
• customize

Translations

agreeing with, or established by, custom

Bengali: রেওয়াজী (bn) (reōẇaji) Bulgarian: обичаен (bg) (običaen) French: habituel (fr) m, d'usage (fr), coutumier (fr) m German: üblich (de) Greek: εθιμικός (el) (ethimikós) Ancient: νόμιμος (nómimos) Hebrew: מְקֻבָּל (he) m (mequbál) Hindi: प्रथागत (hi) (prathāgat), परंपरागत (hi) (paramprāgat), पारंपरिक (hi) (pāramprik) Hungarian: szokásos (hu), megszokott (hu) Ido: kustumala (io) Indonesian: beradat (id) Irish: iondúil, gnásúil Italian: consueto (it) Latin: solitus, ūsitātus Occitan: costumièr (oc), abitual (oc), usual Ottoman Turkish: مسنون (mesnun) Russian: обы́чный (ru) (obýčnyj), привы́чный (ru) (privýčnyj) Spanish: acostumbrado (es), consuetudinario (es), consueto (es) (rare) Swedish: bruklig (sv) Turkish: alışılagelmiş, alışılagelen (tr)

holding or held by custom

Bengali: রেওয়াজী (bn) (reōẇaji) Bulgarian: обичаен (bg) (običaen) French: coutumier (fr) m Hindi: पारंपरिक (hi) (pāramprik), परंपरागत (hi) (paramprāgat) Hungarian: obligát (hu), elmaradhatatlan (hu) Ido: kustumala (io) Indonesian: beradat (id) Spanish: consuetudinario (es), sólito (es) Swedish: av hävd (sv)

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Noun

customary (plural customaries)

1. (law) A book containing laws and usages, or customs; a custumal.

Derived terms

• court customary

Translations

a book containing laws and usages, or customs

French: coutumier (fr) m Welsh: llyfr arferion m, arferlyfr m