CUSTOMARILY Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

customarily

adverb

Definition of customarily

as in regularly

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Recent Examples of customarily 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 The high court customarily holds on to decisions for a month to allow time for the losing side to request another hearing. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for customarily

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Men’s health nonprofit Movember surveyed over 3,000 men aged 16-25 from the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, and found that nearly two-thirds of them were regularly engaging with masculinity influencers.

— Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
It's used regularly by the manufacturers of some of Europe's largest, fanciest, most expensive motorhomes, including Niesmann + Bischoff and Morelo.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 July 2026

Definition of regularly

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Aqaba on the Red Sea is usually very busy during summer months.

— Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
Most are from blacktip sharks, animals about six feet long that bite not out of hunger but confusion, in murky water, chasing baitfish and usually mistaking a swimmer’s foot for prey.

— Kate Waxman, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2026

Definition of usually

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Nelson Mandela served a single term and stepped down in 1999, on a continent where liberation leaders routinely became presidents for life.

— Michael Sonnenfeldt, Fortune, 19 July 2026
Local police routinely receive extensive instruction in traffic stops, neighborhood patrol, crisis intervention, de-escalation, and managing unpredictable encounters with the public.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2026

Definition of routinely

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Public discourse habitually links dollar death to sudden economic disaster—a cratering currency, sovereign debt default, or hyperinflation.

— Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Fortune, 17 July 2026
But those same fans are habitually suspicious of commercialism, virtual guaranteeing that a Bundesliga game could never be staged outside of Germany.

— Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of habitually

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Most commonly, Apple has held its keynote exactly eight days after Labor Day, in 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2025, because the company favors a Tuesday event.

— David Phelan, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
The best pineapple for canning is the MD2, a super-sweet, low-acid variety commonly grown in Costa Rica, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and the Philippines.

— Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 20 July 2026

Definition of commonly

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The escalating standoff comes as the fragile truce reached last month has fractured, once again disrupting energy flows through the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, which typically handles around 20% of the world's oil traffic.

— Sam Meredith,Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 17 July 2026
When photographers Elizabeth and Holden Blanco began planning their destination wedding in Medellín, Colombia, the couple approached it with typically artistic flair.

— Shelby Wax, Vogue, 16 July 2026

Definition of typically

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Jones said an increase in transfers between river systems would normally not affect the downstream communities, but potentially could in a drought.

— Zaire Breedlove, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026
The combination of storm surge and the tide will cause normally dry areas near the immediate coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline.

— MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

Definition of normally

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Eastbound ordinarily performs indoors at the Milford Arts Center.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
Even after being added to the prestigious Nasdaq 100 and Russell 1000 stock indexes, which ordinarily would have sparked buying, the stock has fallen every single day, except for one, since then.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 16 July 2026

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