To save this word, you'll need to log in.
cus·tom·ar·i·ly | \ ˌkə-stə-ˈmer-ə-lē 
, -ˈme-rə- \
, -ˈme-rə- \Definition of customarily
: 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
Keep scrolling for more
Keep scrolling for more
Comments on customarily
What made you want to look up customarily? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Test Your Vocabulary
Words for Summer: A Quiz
- Which of the following words means “of or relating to summer”?
Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?
TAKE THE QUIZ
Test Your Knowledge - and learn some interesting things along the way.
TAKE THE QUIZLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridgedWords at Play
Ask the Editors
Word Games
- Words for Summer: A Quiz
Test your knowledge of words related to the season of longer days and vacations.
Take the quiz - A More Exception(al) Quiz
Which of these things doesn't belong?
Take the quiz - Spell It
Can you spell these 10 commonly misspelled words?
Take the quiz - Add Diction
Build a chain of words by adding one letter at a time.
Play the game
Share customarily
Time Traveler for customarily
The first known use of customarily was in 1576
See more words from the same year