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Customary

Agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by common usage; conventional; habitual.

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Conventional 84% connected

Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Conventional 84% connected

Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.

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Usual 84% connected

Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual; common.

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Usual 84% connected

Such as is in common use; such as occurs in ordinary practice, or in the ordinary course of events; customary; ordinary; habitual; common.

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Custom 74% connected

Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Custom 74% connected

Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.

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Accustomed 92% connected

of Accustom

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Habitual 92% connected

Formed or acquired by habit or use.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Wonted 92% connected

of Wont

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Acceptable adjective · 78% connection

judged to be in conformity with approved usage; "acceptable English usage"

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Accustomance noun · 78% connection

Custom; habitual use.

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Appendant verb · 78% connection

Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; -- said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another in…

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Authorize verb · 78% connection

To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction; as, idioms authorized by usage.

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Bruin noun · 78% connection

a conventional name for a bear used in tales following usage in the old epic ‘Reynard the Fox’

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Consuetude noun · 78% connection

Custom, habit; usage.

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Convention verb · 78% connection

General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage; conventionality.

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Conventionalism noun · 78% connection

That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, o…

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Conventionality noun · 78% connection

The state of being conventional; adherence to social formalities or usages; that which is established by conventional use; one of the…

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Conventionalizw verb · 78% connection

To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by usage.

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Customariness noun · 78% connection

The state or quality of agreeing with, or being established by, custom or common usage.; "The customariness of Jesus' attendance at sy…

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Eclogue noun · 78% connection

A pastoral poem, in which shepherds are introduced conversing with each other; a bucolic; an idyl; as, the Ecloques of Virgil, from wh…

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Entree noun · 78% connection

In French usage, a dish served at the beginning of dinner to give zest to the appetite; in English usage, a side dish, served with a j…

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Fashion noun · 78% connection

The prevailing mode or style, especially of dress; custom or conventional usage in respect of dress, behavior, etiquette, etc.; partic…

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form noun · 78% connection

Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula; as, a form of prayer.

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Formality noun · 78% connection

An established order; conventional rule of procedure; usual method; habitual mode.

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Formula noun · 78% connection

A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said.

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Grammar noun · 78% connection

The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a gra…

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