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

Therapists are not customarily docile in that same way. —Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025

Tea and chocolate are customarily served at the end of a meal with dessert, especially on special occasions. —Eve Glover, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2025

State humanities councils customarily regrant NEH money to local organizations including libraries, museums, historical societies, documentary filmmakers and others. —Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 3 Apr. 2025

Journalists peeked out the shades and saw that the plane had on none of the running lights that are customarily visible, including the red or green ones on the wings. —Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025

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