conventional
adjective /kənˈven.ʃən.əl/Definition
B2 traditional and ordinary: conventional behaviour/attitudes/clothes conventional medicine/farming a conventional weddingdisapproving I find his art rather dull and conventional. → Opposite unconventionalCustom, tradition and conformity › describes weapons that are not nuclear, or methods of fighting a war that do not involve nuclear weapons: conventional weapons/bombsArms and munitions in general conventionality /kənˌven.ʃənˈæl.ɪ.ti/
/-ə.t̬i/ noun [U] Custom, tradition and conformity conventionally /-i/ adverb Custom, tradition and conformity
/-ə.t̬i/ noun [U] Custom, tradition and conformity conventionally /-i/ adverb Custom, tradition and conformity (Definition of conventional adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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