Definition of conventionally in English:
conventionally
adverb kənˈvɛnʃ(ə)nəlikənˈvɛnʃ(ə)nəli
1In a way that is based on what is traditionally done or believed.
careers conventionally followed by women
the atlas is divided conventionally into six continents
Example sentencesExamples
- Radially sawn timbers give better yields and more stable sections than conventionally milled timbers.
- Sell the environmental benefits of renewable energy to customers who want to help reduce the consumption of conventionally produced power.
- Conventionally skinned in metal, the penthouse roof drains to a gutter on the north side.
- These insulated concrete houses look the same as conventionally framed houses.
- Like more conventionally minded artists, he made work that fluctuated in quality.
- The green and red tints chosen for the various rooms were conventionally perceived as middle tones.
- We thought anyone who was making a living from farming was farming conventionally.
- Such films look different from what's conventionally called video art.
- He made few other conventionally romantic films.
- Organic wheat here sells for 11.6 cents a pound, compared with about 3.3 cents a pound for conventionally grown wheat.
- 1.1 In a way that shows concern with what is held to be socially acceptable.
Elisabeth behaved quite conventionally
he was dressed conventionally in a grey shirt and trousers
Example sentencesExamples
- She's a conventionally well-behaved, good girl with a touch of closet anarchism.
- Apart from their unique headgear, they dressed conventionally in black attire, even in short skirts with high heels.
- These fairies are conventionally well-mannered and alert to humans.
- His brother was conventionally dressed last week when, as one of many admiring headlines revealed, his ship pulled off a big cocaine bust during his first week at sea.
- The conventionally besuited and predominantly middle-aged "Dickensian Society" shown in the cartoon is a reference to the flourishing Dickens Fellowship.
- She demands a true response of herself, not a conventionally acceptable one.
- She soon escaped the conventionally respectable life of her parents.
- This seemed to sink into him, rather than leaving him unaffected, or making him conventionally polite.
- He's not conventionally charming here, but instead uses his charm as a way of making us overlook his serious character flaws.
- The subject in his poetry returns from its relegation to the personal and collective unconscious with less conventionally acceptable sets of concerns.
Definition of conventionally in US English:
conventionally
adverbkənˈvenSH(ə)nəlēkənˈvɛnʃ(ə)nəli
1In a way that is based on what is traditionally done or believed.
careers conventionally followed by women
the atlas is divided conventionally into six continents
Example sentencesExamples
- Such films look different from what's conventionally called video art.
- Conventionally skinned in metal, the penthouse roof drains to a gutter on the north side.
- We thought anyone who was making a living from farming was farming conventionally.
- Like more conventionally minded artists, he made work that fluctuated in quality.
- Radially sawn timbers give better yields and more stable sections than conventionally milled timbers.
- Sell the environmental benefits of renewable energy to customers who want to help reduce the consumption of conventionally produced power.
- He made few other conventionally romantic films.
- These insulated concrete houses look the same as conventionally framed houses.
- The green and red tints chosen for the various rooms were conventionally perceived as middle tones.
- Organic wheat here sells for 11.6 cents a pound, compared with about 3.3 cents a pound for conventionally grown wheat.
- 1.1 In a way that shows concern with what is held to be socially acceptable.
Elisabeth behaved quite conventionally
he was dressed conventionally in a gray shirt and trousers
Example sentencesExamples
- She's a conventionally well-behaved, good girl with a touch of closet anarchism.
- His brother was conventionally dressed last week when, as one of many admiring headlines revealed, his ship pulled off a big cocaine bust during his first week at sea.
- He's not conventionally charming here, but instead uses his charm as a way of making us overlook his serious character flaws.
- Apart from their unique headgear, they dressed conventionally in black attire, even in short skirts with high heels.
- The subject in his poetry returns from its relegation to the personal and collective unconscious with less conventionally acceptable sets of concerns.
- The conventionally besuited and predominantly middle-aged "Dickensian Society" shown in the cartoon is a reference to the flourishing Dickens Fellowship.
- This seemed to sink into him, rather than leaving him unaffected, or making him conventionally polite.
- These fairies are conventionally well-mannered and alert to humans.
- She soon escaped the conventionally respectable life of her parents.
- She demands a true response of herself, not a conventionally acceptable one.