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Word entry · 12 letters

conventional

Best crossword clue

"Following custom"

12 letters · collected on this word page

12 lettersPronunciation /kənˈvɛnʃənl̩/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aceilnnnootvStarts with CEnds with L1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. following accepted customs and proprieties

Word origin

From convention + -al.

Used in a sentence

  • They wear conventional clothes, eat conventional food, and keep conventional hours.
  • “You’re not conventional?” Isabel gravely asked. “I like the way you utter that word! No, I’m not conventional: I’m convention itself. You don’t understand that?”
  • The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong, and that fundamental insights can arise from the most unexpected sources.

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