customarily
adverb
cus·tom·ar·i·ly
ˌkə-stə-ˈmer-ə-lē 
-ˈme-rə-
: by or according to custom or established practice
clothing customarily worn for formal celebrations
: in accordance with what is customary or usual
the order in which the different courses are customarily served
In addition to administering the oath of office to the president on Inauguration Day, the chief justice customarily administers two oaths to each of his new colleagues.—
John Paul Stevens
John Paul StevensExamples of customarily in a Sentence
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The feedback that might customarily be provided by a fellow human is bound to be muddled with all kinds of feckless improprieties.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Foreign ambassadors who customarily attend the address have been scrambling to explain the changes to their capitals.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
His meticulous craftsmanship takes on narrative bloat, his fluid juggling of characters and subplots turns mechanistic, and his customarily perfect pitch with actors gets lost, or at least scrambled, in translation.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
Tea and chocolate are customarily served at the end of a meal with dessert, especially on special occasions like Valentine's Day.
—Eve Glover, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2025
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Foreign ambassadors who customarily attend the address have been scrambling to explain the changes to their capitals.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2025
His meticulous craftsmanship takes on narrative bloat, his fluid juggling of characters and subplots turns mechanistic, and his customarily perfect pitch with actors gets lost, or at least scrambled, in translation.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
Tea and chocolate are customarily served at the end of a meal with dessert, especially on special occasions like Valentine's Day.
—Eve Glover, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2025
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“Customarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/customarily. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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