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

Examples of customarily in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At the sanctuary to Cuba’s patron saint, La Ermita de La Caridad, the Saturday night Mass customarily transmitted to Cuba through Radio Marti was dedicated to the four missing pilots. —Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026

The festival, which is organized by West German Radio and has been running in its current form since 1969, favors experimental idioms that customarily avoid obvious political messaging or clear cultural signposts. —Alex Ross, New Yorker, 18 May 2026

Denial letters customarily do not give cause. —Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 18 May 2026

His new film promises to be another provocative piece of social realism in the director’s customarily rigorous style. —David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1576, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for customarily

• arbitrarily
• militarily
• momentarily
• necessarily
• ordinarily
• secondarily
• temporarily
• voluntarily
• airily
• caroli
• merrily
• verily