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conventionally

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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/kənˈvɛnʃənəli/
/kənˈvɛnʃnəli/
/kənˈvɛnʃənli/
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CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N V EH1 N SH AH0 N AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

adv

Meaning 1

Ordinarily, by convention.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

2000: BBC News website, Organic food 'no healthier' read at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/906530.stm on 14 May 2006 - The carrots tested were: an organic British carrot, an organic carrot from abroad and a conventionally grown carrot.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unconventionally, nonconventionally

adverb

Meaning 2

in a conventional manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

he usually behaves rather conventionally

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unconventionally

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English conventional Middle English -ly English -ly English conventionally From conventional + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

Catalan: convencionalment — by convention
French: conventionnellement — by convention
Galician: convencionalmente — by convention
Italian: convenzionalmente — by convention
Polish: konwencjonalnie — by convention
Polish: konwencyjnie — by convention
Portuguese: convencionalmente — by convention
Serbo-Croatian: ко̏нвенциона̄лно — by convention
Serbo-Croatian: kȍnvencionālno — by convention
Spanish: convencionalmente — by convention

Word forms

Inflections and variants

more conventionally — comparative
most conventionally — superlative

Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: none provided

Related: conventional

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Sources

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Real reading context

Examples

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Examples

Meaning relationships

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