customarily C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˌkʌstəˈmɛrəli/ UK /ˈkʌstəmərɪli/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adv according to usual practice; ordinarily Tips are customarily added to the bill in that country. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adv · according to usual... usuallyordinarilynormallyhabituallytypicallyconventionally ↔ Opposites unusuallyrarelyexceptionally Word family Related forms customcustomary Etymology AI details From English 'customary' + -ly; 'custom' is from Old French costume, from Latin consuetudo ('habit, usage'), from consuescere ('to accustom'). costume Italian consuetudo Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # customarily **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adv **IPA (US):** /ˌkʌstəˈmɛrəli/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkʌstəmərɪli/ ## Meanings 1. according to usual practice; ordinarily ## Examples - Tips are customarily added to the bill in that country. ## Synonyms - usually - ordinarily - normally - habitually - typically - conventionally ## Antonyms - unusually - rarely - exceptionally ## Related Forms - custom - customary ## Roots and Affixes - Root: costume - Root: consuetudo ## Etymology From English 'customary' + -ly; 'custom' is from Old French costume, from Latin consuetudo ('habit, usage'), from consuescere ('to accustom'). ## AI Etymology Customarily is from English 'customary' + -ly; 'custom' is from Old French costume, from Latin consuetudo ('habit, usage'), from consuescere ('to accustom'). Important recorded forms include costume (Old French) and consuetudo (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers according to usual practice; ordinarily. The wider family includes related words such as custom and customary. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown