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conventionally

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con·ven·tion·al  (kn-vnsh-nl)
adj.
1. Based on or in accordance with general agreement, use, or practice; customary: conventional symbols; a conventional form of address.
2. Conforming to established practice or accepted standards; traditional: a conventional church wedding.
3.
a. Devoted to or bound by conventions to the point of artificiality; ceremonious.
b. Unimaginative; conformist: longed to escape from their conventional, bourgeois lives.
4. Represented, as in a work of art, in simplified or abstract form.
5. Law Based on consent or agreement; contractual.
6. Of, relating to, or resembling an assembly.
7. Using means other than nuclear weapons or energy: conventional warfare; conventional power plants.

con·vention·al·ism n.
con·vention·al·ist n.
con·vention·al·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.conventionally - in a conventional manner; "he usually behaves rather conventionally"
unconventionally - in an unconventional manner; "she always behaves rather unconventionally"
Translations
conventionally [kənˈvenʃənəlɪ] ADV [dress, behave] → de manera convencional; [produced, grown] → de manera tradicional
conventionally educated studentsestudiantes educados de manera convencional or tradicional
conventionally beautiful womenmujeres con una belleza convencional or clásica
conventionally [kənˈvɛnʃənəli] adv
[dress] → de manière conventionnelle
[beautiful, handsome] → classiquement
[grown, produced] → de manière conventionnelle
conventional weapons nplarmes fpl conventionnelles, armes fpl classiques
convent school ncouvent m
She goes to convent school → Elle va au couvent.
conventionally
adv dress, behave, livekonventionell; written, built, designedtraditionell; conventionally one would be expected to …herkömmlicherweise würde erwartet, dass man …
conventionally [kənˈvɛnʃənlɪ] adv (dress, behave) → convenzionalmente
conventionally [kənˈvɛnʃənlɪ] adv (dress, behave) → convenzionalmente


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I know there's nothing to do--nothing but to say conventionally, `Good- bye, Mrs.
Moreover, Levin knew that at Sviazhsky's he should meet the landowners of the neighborhood, and it was particularly interesting for him just now to hear and take part in those rural conversations concerning crops, laborers' wages, and so on, which, he was aware, are conventionally regarded as something very low, but which seemed to him just now to constitute the one subject of importance.
What is there to alarm you, my dear, in this conventionally classical face?
 
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