customary

customary

CEFR: B1-B2 /cus-tom-ary/ [k.ah1.s.t.ah0.m.eh2.r.iy0]

Notice the root word in “customary” is “custom”, so the two words are very similar. Something customary is done according to practice. For example,

Example Sentences:
When a bride walks down the aisle, it's customary for everyone at the wedding to rise out of respect.

Every culture has its own customary traditions. In American culture, it's customary for a child who loses a tooth to put it under her pillow and wait for the Tooth Fairy to arrive. In Greece, on the other hand, it's customary to throw a child's lost tooth onto the roof for good luck.

Customary can also reference habitual things a person does, like taking your shoes off when you come home or writing in your diary before bed. Used in a sentence, “In America, it is customary for the bride to wear something blue on her wedding day.”