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conventionally, adv.|kənˈvɛnʃənəlɪ| [f. conventional + -ly2.] 1. a. In a conventional manner; according to conventional rule or usage.
1791–1823D'Israeli Cur. Lit. (1859) II. 121 A series of pantomimists, who taught action conventionally to represent words. 1841J. R. Young Math. Dissert. i. 8 The purpose for which they are conventionally introduced into algebraic notation. 1883Harper's Mag. Jan. 246/2 She..would not talk of him now, save conventionally. b. Cards. By means of or according to a convention (convention 10 b).
1958Listener 2 Oct. 541/2 North's double conventionally asked his partner to make some unlikely lead. 1963Ibid. 28 Mar. 574/3 Do you conventionally lead the ace from ace-king? 2. nonce-use. In a way that belongs to a political convention or assembly.
1839Fraser's Mag. XIX. 127 He lived..with the revolution, revolutionally; with the convention, conventionally; with the directory, directorially. |