Customarily Meaning
/kˌʌstəˈmɛrəli/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
advIn the customary manner; as is custom
advUnder normal circumstances, normally.
Sentence Examples
When parents get old in Japan, they are customarily looked after by their children.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The family ____ gathers for dinner every evening at seven o'clock.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
When parents get old in Japan, they are ____ looked after by their children.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English customary Middle English -ly English -ly English customarily From customary + -ly.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"On a day in the summer which began our sixth year Josella and I went down to the coast together, traveling there in the half-tracked vehicle that I customarily used now that the roads were growing so bad."
— 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 241:
"Among the most important differences is the availability in some instances of what Sokal and Camin (1965) have called chronistic information, which refers to the times of events in phylogeny, such as times of cladogenesis, chronological sequences of populations, and geologic ranges of taxa. Obtaining even as much chronistic information as neontologists customarily have, such as precise contemporaneity of populations, may be impossible if the area of study is widespread."
— 1970, Ellis Leon Yochelson, Proceedings of the North American Paleontological Convention, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, September 5-7, 1969:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The family ____ gathers for dinner every evening at seven o'clock.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
When parents get old in Japan, they are ____ looked after by their children.