— customarily /kus"teuh mer'euh lee/ ; for emphasis, /kus'teuh mair"euh lee/ , adv.
/kus"teuh mer'ee/ , adj., n., pl. customaries .
adj.
1. according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
2. of or established by custom rather than law.
3. Law. defined by long-continued practices: the customary service due from land in a manor.
n.
4. a book or document containing the legal customs or customary laws of a locality.
5. any body of such customs or laws.
[ 1375-1425; 1515-25 for current senses; late ME custumarius, customarius, equiv. to costum ( i ) a custom (also in VL; see CUSTOM) + -arius -ARY ]
Syn. 1. wonted, accustomed, conventional, common, regular. See usual .
Ant. 1. uncommon.