conventionally

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/kənˈvɛnʃənəli//kənˈvɛnʃnəli//kənˈvɛnʃənli/

adverb

Ordinarily, by convention.

Less commonScrabble 22

Meanings

adverbconventionally (comparative more conventionally, superlative most conventionally)

comparative more conventionally · superlative most conventionally

  1. Ordinarily, by convention.

    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.

    1 more example

    Stoya: Are they actually not conventionally attractive, or is this an incellike distortion of self-image? Is their view of their physical appearance a symptom of a psychological condition like depression?

    2020 November 1, Rich Juzwiak, Jessica Stoya, “I Met a Hot Guy on a Dating App—but He Just Dropped a Big Revelation on Me”, in Slate

    Antonyms: unconventionally, nonconventionally

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbOrdinarily, by convention.

More synonyms by meaning

adverbin a conventional manner

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Catalan convencionalment
  • convencionalmentby convention
French conventionnellement
  • conventionnellementby convention
Italian convenzionalmente
  • convenzionalmenteby convention
Polish konwencjonalnie, konwencyjnie
  • konwencjonalnieby convention
  • konwencyjnieby convention
Portuguese convencionalmente
  • convencionalmenteby convention
Spanish convencionalmente
  • convencionalmenteby convention
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conventionally,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conventionally.

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