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# customarily

«customarily» in Mova's school dictionary: **Usually or normally, as people traditionally do: gifts…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (customarily)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Usually or normally, as people traditionally do: gifts are customarily given at birthdays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/customarily/#m1)

2) According to custom or habit: the class customarily lines up by the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/customarily/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A formal word in exam passages, history and RE lessons when describing traditions: "In Japan people customarily bow." In everyday talk people say "usually" or "normally". Phrases: is customarily done, as is customarily the case.

### examples

- Gifts are customarily wrapped in coloured paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/customarily/#x1)
- (formal) Pupils customarily stand when a visitor enters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/customarily/#x2)
- In many countries people customarily shake hands when they meet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/customarily/#x3)
- The oldest person customarily cuts the cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/customarily/#x4)
- Tea is customarily served at four o'clock in the story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/customarily/#x5)
- (formal) The total is customarily rounded to the nearest pound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/customarily/#x6)

### note

Adverb of customary (usual, traditional), from custom. Formal; "usually" is the everyday word. Say CUS-tom-air-i-lee or cus-tom-AIR-i-lee.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «customarily» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/customarily/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.