conventionallyadv.
1.
a. In a conventional manner; according to conventional rule or usage.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [adverb] > conventionally
coursably1483
orthodoxly1641
conventionally1841
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [adverb] > conventionally
conventionally1841
the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > conformity to or with a pattern, etc. > [adverb] > according to rule or standard > in prescribed or customary form
formally1564
classically1646
conventionally1841
1841 J. R. Young Math Diss. i. 8 The purpose for which they are conventionally introduced into algebraic notation.
1859 B. D'Israeli in I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. (new ed.) II. 121 A series of pantomimists, who taught action conventionally to represent words.
1883 Harper'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 n. 10b).
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [adverb] > according to convention
conventionally1958
1958 Listener 2 Oct. 541/2 North's double conventionally asked his partner to make some unlikely lead.
1963 Listener 28 Mar. 574/3 Do you conventionally lead the ace from ace-king?
2. In a way that belongs to a political convention or assembly.Apparently an isolated use.
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1839 Fraser's Mag. 19 127 He lived..with the revolution, revolutionally; with the convention, conventionally; with the directory, directorially.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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