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unˈcustomary, a. [un-1 7.] Not according to custom; unusual, unwonted.
1650H. Brooke Conserv. Health 115 Meats also that are uncustomary..must very sparely be fed upon. 1744T. Birch Life R. Boyle 296 In such private meetings it was not uncustomary for any one of the hearers, who was unsatisfied about any matter then uttered, to give in his objections. 1798Pennant Hindoostan I. 173 A female reign in these parts is not uncustomary. 1802–12Bentham Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827) I. 11 If the lamb were to be cut up into uncustomary joints. 1871Alabaster Wheel of Law 208 Such is not uncustomary among the higher classes. Hence ˌunˈcustomarily adv.
1909Webster, Uncustomarily, adv. 1966Punch 2 Mar. p. viii/2 Functional, even austere decor, and uncustomarily fast service don't mark this splendid Chelsea restaurant as unluxurious. 1982Nature 25 Feb. 642/1 Your uncustomarily superficial and misleading article. |