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ˈcustomariness
[f. next + -ness.]
1. The quality of being customary or habitual.
1660Boyle Seraph. Love xviii. (1700) 111 By the customariness of their being possessed, they prove less conspicuous. 1663–4Marvell Corr. Wks. 1872–5 II. 132 Out of the customariness of that expression. 1836Sir H. Taylor Statesman vi. 41 The customariness of many metaphorical uses of words makes us unconscious of their metaphor. 1890Spectator 4 Jan., This customariness of our well-being..partly explains optimism.
†b. Perfunctoriness or formality arising from habitual performance. Obs.
a1640J. Ball Power of Godliness (1657) 158 Discontent and hypocrisie, and customariness in good duties. 1646T. Horton Sinne's Discov. 4 Our prayers are so full of coldnesse..and our fastings so full of customariness. 1653Baxter Peace Consc. 119 Their.. dulness and customariness in duty.
2. A being accustomed or used to a thing. rare.
1864Hawthorne Dr. Grimshawe's Secret xi, Still dim..but our eyes..have gained an acquaintance, a customariness, with the medium. |