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.

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Synonyms

1 adv · according to usual... usually ordinarily normally habitually typically conventionally

Opposites

unusually rarely exceptionally

Word family

Related forms custom customary

Etymology

From English 'customary' + -ly; 'custom' is from Old French costume, from Latin consuetudo ('habit, usage'), from consuescere ('to accustom').

costume Italian consuetudo Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# 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

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